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Incorrect rounging of 6 digits pecision
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22/04/2002 15:31:40
Hilmar Zonneveld
Independent Consultant
Cochabamba, Bolivia
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Forum:
Visual FoxPro
Category:
Troubleshooting
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
00647785
Message ID:
00647829
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OK, I see the problem. It occurs when the sum of the decimals to round exceed 12. Perhaps you my use:

?ROUND( round(t1.price,5)*t2.quantity,2)



>>The product is 25.425. Why do you expect 25.43? It should be 25.42.
>
>Because, when you round 24.425 to two decimals, you get 24.43 (since the first digit dropped is a 5, VFP rounds up). Try it with the ROUND() function.
>
>Hilmar.
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