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06/01/2006 07:38:22
 
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Forum:
Visual FoxPro
Category:
Other
Title:
Environment versions
Visual FoxPro:
VFP 6 SP5
OS:
Windows XP
Network:
Windows XP
Database:
Visual FoxPro
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
01083029
Message ID:
01083969
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>>>>>>Dear Sir,
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Please send some details about following codes
>>>>>>
>>>>>>lnRecords = max(ceiling(reccount()/10),1)*10
>>>>>>
>>>>>>how does it work?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Thanks
>>>>>MAX(a,b) ---> select the higher of two values
>>>>>CEILING(n) ---> round up to the next integer (2.1 becomes 3, an integer stays as is)
>>>>>RECCOUNT() ---> number of records in the table
>>>>>
>>>>>Assume 65 records in table.
>>>>>MAX(CEILING(RECCOUNT()/10),1)*10
>>>>>MAX(CEILING(65/10),1)*10
>>>>>MAX(CEILING(6.5),1)*10
>>>>>MAX(6,1)*10
>>>>>6*10
>>>>>so the expression evaluates to 60
>>>>
>>>>Right. A slight typo correction:
>>>>
>>>>MAX(CEILING(6.5),1)*10
>>>>MAX(7,1)*10
>>>>7*10
>>>>
>>>>Cetin
>>>
>>>DUH!!!!!!!!!!! Somehow I just KNEW when I was typing that I would do something foolish like that! Just proves the old adage.......never proof-read your own work.
>>
>>I knew that you knew - IOW was sure it was a typo:) You were not online and I just thought it might be confusing for a reader.
>>Cetin
>
>I think you should use the mod of reccount
>
reccount()%10
>much simpler code.

Yes, much simpler, but not necessarily the intended result
Gregory
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