Re: Decimals in division

[Booth Martin <booth@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Try multiplying by 100 instead.

neto$ = imp$ * 100 / ( 1 + porciva);

(I am not sure what the "1 + " is for, but you get the idea, right?)


On 1/20/2010 8:22 AM, Raul A. Jager W. wrote:
> I tryed to calculate a discount using:
>
> neto$ = imp$ / ( 1 + porciva /100);
>
> where neto$ and imp$ are defined as 13, 2
> I expected two decimals, but instead I got an integer value in neto$.
>
> I found a "solution" using:
>
> neto$ = %dec(imp$ / ( 1 + porciva /100): 13: 2);
>
> Works fine, but looks more complicated than necesary.
> Why the original eval did give me an integer?
>
> TIA
> Raúl
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