>>When comparing the number from our business application written in Visual FoxPro, we have come accros a problem that we find disturbing.
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>>In the following, Excel is adding the true value of the numbers before it rounds to 2 decimals.
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>>Excel
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>>520.0000
>>238.6350
>>127.3756
>>456.2375
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>1342.2481
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>FoxPro
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>520.00
>238.64
>127.38
>456.24
>------
>1342.26
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>>The cells in Excel are formatted to "Currency" which shows 2 decimals by default. The value of the cells is a sum of a calculation. example: =A1*B1 etc...
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>>The Foxpro figures are added using the totals after rounding.
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>>Which are the currect figures to use? Or how do you make Excel round to the 2 decimal before it adds the figures.
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>>Please let me know if this an Excel bug or are we attempting to be to close with the numbers.

This is not a bug; currency, even though it only displays to 2 places, is stored internally with more (I believe it's 4 decimal places.) To force Excel to round before adding, apply the ROUND() function to the cell before adding it, or SUM the ROUND()ed values.


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>>Thank You
>>stripe@cybertron.com