>In our VFP application to support Unit Trusts (Mutual Funds) we have the occassional need to record reasonably large transactions and we note that sometimes VFP appears to get it wrong in the sixth decimal place. (We are required to record 6 decimal places for some clients.)
>
>Have other people experienced this problem and are there any known work arounds other than the obvious one of not using the VFP ROUND() function.
>
>For example:
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>Buy amount = $800,000,000.00
>Unit Price = 0.938208
>Units issued = 800,000,000.00 / 0.938208 = 852,689,382.311811
>
>In VFP command window 800000000 / 0.9382080 = 852,689,382.311811
>but ROUND(800000000 / 0.9382080,6) = 852,689,382.311812
>and ROUND(800000000 / 0.9382080,7) = 852,689,382.3118114
>
>In Excel 800000000 / 0.9382080 = 852,689,382.311811
>and ROUND(800000000 / 0.9382080,6) = 852,689,382.311811
>
>Any suggestions would be much appreciated.
>
>Thanks
>Paul Dorrington
>(Melbourne, Australia)
My download "math unlimited" can handle calculations of almost any size - but it isn't really recommended for a large amount of calculations, since it is relatively slow.
Hilmar.
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