Re: Decimals in division

["Raul A. Jager W." <raul@xxxxxxxxxx>]

PORCIVA is 5, 2, and its value is 10
IMP$ hada value of 52.24 and I expected NETO$ to result 47.49, but I got
47.00 instead.

Bob P. Roche wrote:
> How is porciva defined?
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> From:
> "Raul A. Jager W." <raul@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To:
> RPG programming on the IBM i / System i <rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date:
> 01/20/2010 08:28 AM
> Subject:
> Decimals in division
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> I tryed to calculate a discount using:
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> neto$ = imp$ / ( 1 + porciva /100);
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> where neto$ and imp$ are defined as 13, 2
> I expected two decimals, but instead I got an integer value in neto$.
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> I found a "solution" using:
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> neto$ = %dec(imp$ / ( 1 + porciva /100): 13: 2);
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> Works fine, but looks more complicated than necesary.
> Why the original eval did give me an integer?
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> TIA
> Raúl