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Is there a way with the ABS() to show % of the differenc
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02/11/2000 17:48:59
Ed Rauh
Trumbull, Connecticut, United States
 
 
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02/11/2000 14:50:50
Robert Keith
Independent Developer
San Antonio, Texas, United States
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Visual FoxPro
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Re: Is there a way with the ABS() to show % of the differenc
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>I want to get the abs(num1 - num2).. and have the result
>be a percent..for example...
>?abs(12-14)... the result is 2, but what percent is 2 of the two numbers?

The larger or the smaller? For the range of non-negative real numbers:

? 100*ABS(a-b)/MAX(a,b) && % larger
? 100*ABS(a-b)/MIN(a,b) && % smaller

The math changes when you encompass negative numbers treating size as their scalar distance from 0 (you need to use ABS(a) and ABS(b)) or you start dealing with other than real numbers.
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