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Try:
perldoc -q long decimal
and it works as it should.
Wags ;)
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On May 23, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
>Why is the addition of the numbers -67947269.62 and 68288455.49, both with
>only 2 numbers after the decimal, resulting in 341185.8696 where there
>are 8 numbers after the decimal. I would expect the number to simply be
>341185.87. How can i avoid this st
Gotcha. Thanks to all who responded!
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> Why is the addition of the numbers -67947269.62 and
> 68288
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Subject: RE: Strange total from adding 2 numbers
No. I've just tried
---
$a = 68288455.49;
$b = 67947269.62;
$c = $a - $b;
print $c;
---
and also get a result of
341185.8699
Weird.
John
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From: Timothy Johnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROT
> Why is the addition of the numbers -67947269.62 and
> 68288455.49, both with only 2 numbers after the decimal,
> resulting in 341185.8696 where there are 8 numbers
> after the decimal. I would expect the number to simply
> be 341185.87. How can I avoid this strange behavior?
Because "floa
: Strange total from adding 2 numbers
It looks like the negative number is being entered as a string. How are you
entering the second Acct_Bal_Raw variable initially?
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> Why is the addition of the numbers -67947269.62 and
> 68288455.
ird.
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> John
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Subject: RE: Strange total from adding 2 numbers
It looks like the negative number is being entered as a string. How are you
entering the second Acct_Bal_Raw variable initially? -Original
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It looks like the negative number is being entered as a string. How are you
entering the second Acct_Bal_Raw variable initially?
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Why is the addition of
Why is the addition of the numbers -67947269.62 and 68288455.49, both with
only 2 numbers after the decimal, resulting in 341185.8696 where there
are 8 numbers after the decimal. I would expect the number to simply be
341185.87. How can i avoid this strange behavior?
Below are 2 examples, b
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