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The Shift-6 character in a calculation
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From
22/03/2003 12:11:54
Jay Johengen
Altamahaw-Ossipee, North Carolina, United States
 
 
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22/03/2003 12:02:50
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Forum:
Visual FoxPro
Category:
Coding, syntax & commands
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
00768921
Message ID:
00768927
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25
Jos,

Y'know, I kind of thought that, but given this calculation:
nNewValue = (nOldValue * ((1 + nInterestRate/(365*100))^(365 * nDays / 365)))
I couldn't see what they were trying to do (other than incorrectly use 365 to annualize).

Jay

>Renoir, it is the "power to" function. Same as double asterisk **. i.e. 4^2 = 16 and 4**2 = 16
>
>
>>What would the "^" character do in a calculation? Can't seem to locate it anywhere.
>>
>>Renoir
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