-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Ryan Dillinger wrote: > Hello, > I have written this script. I have a good understanding of all but line: > $return = ($end - $start) / $start * 100; If you start with 1000 and end with 900, you have: (900 - 1000) / 1000 * 100 = -100 / 1000 * 100 = -0.1 * 100 = -10
If it were ($end - $start) / ($start * 100), *then* it would be different (just go by the order of operations, or perldoc perlop). > #!/usr/bin/perl > use warnings; Try using strict as well :) Hope this helps, Ricky -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFGrOezZBKKLMyvSE4RAtSvAJ45NM5C/ojyR4XLwkNFQw6W8QkTjgCgwbew c8FyKlkVzMAIT5wqUxuaIxQ= =ctVO -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/
