On 4/30/02, Hatton Humphrey penned: >Here's the problem: I recently added a summary report to a financial >calculation page. The page has been using >NumberFormat(tot_tot+misc_tot,"9-$999,999,999.99") for several years >(the application has been in live use since around 1998). The report >that I built is using DollarFormat instead. I was told that several of >the totals are coming up fine in a few cases, off by a penny in most >cases and off by two pennies in more than a few cases as well. > >First of all, am I correct in thinking that this is a display issue? >Also, which one is more accurate?
I think they pretty much work the same. The main thing you need to do is make sure you aren't calculating on a rounded number. You can't calculate on DollarFormat or NumberFormat with a dollar sign as it will return an error, so the problem may be in the tot_tot or misc_tot being calculated on DecimalFormat elsewhere. For instance. <cfset tot_tot = 1.022> <cfset num1 = tot_tot * 10> returns 10.22 correctly. <cfset num2 = DecimalFormat(tot_tot) * 10> returns 10.20, which is off by 2 cents. -- Bud Schneehagen - Tropical Web Creations _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ ColdFusion Solutions / eCommerce Development [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.twcreations.com/ 954.721.3452 ______________________________________________________________________ Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
