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Problem with currency fields
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From
15/11/2001 05:24:41
Cetin Basoz
Engineerica Inc.
Izmir, Turkey
 
 
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15/11/2001 05:17:27
Cetin Basoz
Engineerica Inc.
Izmir, Turkey
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Forum:
Visual FoxPro
Category:
Coding, syntax & commands
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
00581922
Message ID:
00581952
Views:
20
>>Please try this piece of code:
>>
>>CREATE CURSOR Temp (QtaOrdUMI1 Y, Coeff	N(13,6))
>>APPEND BLANK
>>REPLACE ;
>>	QtaOrdUMI1 WITH 1068.0000, ;
>>	Coeff	   WITH 0.007380
>>
>>? QtaOrdUMI1 * Coeff		&&you get 7.9032  WRONG!!
>>? 1068.0000 * 0.007380		&&you get 7.881840000 CORRECT!!
>>
>>REPLACE ;
>>	QtaOrdUMI1 WITH 1000.0000
>>? QtaOrdUMI1 * Coeff		&&you get 7.4000  WRONG!!
>>
>>I realize that VFP, before multiplaying other fields type (Coeff - Numeric) with currency fields (QtaOrdUMI1),
>>transform the Numeric type into currency type (4 decimals). The fact modifies the result.
>>Is this normal?
>>Is there a way to override this behaviour?
>>TIA
>>Bruno Maddalozzo
>
>Try :
>? mton(QtaOrdUMI1) * Coeff
>
>Cetin
I think it's from the fact that currency is rounded to 4 decimals and before multiplication an implicit conversion occurs for Coeff rounding it to 4 decimals.
Cetin
Çetin Basöz

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