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|    Rick Rothstein to All    |
|    Re: Very strange thing in VB6    |
|    27 Apr 05 22:51:45    |
      From: rickNOSPAMnews@NOSPAMcomcast.net              > > I suggest you write your own rounding routine.       >       > Not necessary... see below.              Whoops! I forgot to cover this in my last posting. The Format function       avoids all of the problems shown...              > For example, if you do       >       > ? round (68.505,2)       >       > you get 68.5, which is incorrect; for if you round 68.505       > to two decimal points you should get 68.51.              ? Format(68.505, "0.00") ==> 68.51              > A more serious error can be seen here:       >       > ? int(68.505 * 1000 + 5)       > 68509 !!! (should have been 68510)              ? Format(68.505 * 1000 + 5, "0") ==> 68510              Rick - MVP              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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