That did the trick, thanks Bill (:

On 7/13/05, Bill Downall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Alan,
> 
> Try adding an attribute of precision="2" to your @CALC tag.
> 
> Bill
> 
> Alan Wolfe wrote:
> > Hi Everyone!
> >
> > I am having a little issue with some math and was hopeing someone
> > could help me out.
> >
> > Here is an example of the problem I'm having, if you run this code:
> >
> > <@calc expr="3000.00-2907.80">
> >
> > it gives an answer of:
> >
> > 92.1999999999998
> >
> > which is pretty close to accurate - im assuming the problem is the
> > same problem as when you store floating point numbers in a computer,
> > it is only accurate to so many decimal places.
> >
> > my problem comes in when i do this to display the results as currency:
> >
> > <@calc expr="3000.00-2907.80" format="num:3-*,\,,2,.,,,-,">
> >
> > it gives an answer of:
> >
> > 92.19
> >
> > which is off by one penny.
> >
> > Anyone know how to make it correctly display 92.20?
> >
> > Thanks!
> > Alan
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