On 10/7/05 2:30 PM, "jbv" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Nevertheless, how do you explain that the following : > > put 36 into A > put 34.2 into B > put A-B into C > > put C*100 into C > put trunc(C) > > returns 180 with Rev 2.5 on Mac OS9, but returns 179 on other > platforms such as Linux or Win2000 ?
I don't know about that, but perhaps the docs should say that coercing the number back into a string (by adding "") would make the trunc() function "more right". ;-) That is, if you had: put (C*100) & "" into C -- coerces to a string put trunc(C) You should always get 180... Ken Ray Sons of Thunder Software Web site: http://www.sonsothunder.com/ Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
