Excellent post!!! This is exactly what I wanted to know. Between this & the
last post I can get a good grasp on Abs(), now for the other ones. Thanks.
^_^
>From: "DeVoil, Nick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>To: CF-Talk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: RE: Real Life Math Computations....
>Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2000 11:07:17 -0000
>
>Well I've never used any of the other ones, but I've often used Abs()
>in straightforward business applications.
>
>One use that springs to mind is in securities trading, where if you've
>bought say 5 million, your position is "long 5 million", and if you've
>sold 5 million your position is "short 5 million". You might store these
>in the database as 5000000 and -5000000 respectively but use Abs() when
>displaying them as positive numbers in different columns.
>
>Similarly in presenting financial accounts, you want to put a negative
>number in brackets, not with a minus sign in front.
>
>Nick
>
>
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