>>>>Displaying something that has 3 or 4 significant decimals with only 2 decimals is misleading to say the least
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>>>I do it all the time.
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>>Then, you are misleading to say the least.
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>No
>It is a basic engeneering principle to round. One have to know what a value is saying.
>If you messure lenght, the result depends on the ruler. A common folding ruler will have a failure of 1cm/m, a tape line less. If you messure with one folding ruler and cut with the other you might end up with 2cm / m failure.
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>Same is with values on comp. Maybe an internal higher precision is needed to keep rounding failures low.
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>Again, this is something bankers do all the time. VFP currency type is defined with 4 decimals for some reason.
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>Agnes
Well, then
assert Retract('Then, you are misleading to say the least. ')
What I was saying is that I round( , 2) any multiplication/division involving currency
So the users can add all the lines of the report (or invoice).
Gregory