(cross post from cf-comm.) you can either run this code below, on your server or see it at this url.
http://www.revolutionwebdesign.com/why/ either way... if you can, help me understand this... <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>Untitled</title> </head> <body> <cfset request.valueOne = "7.76" /> <cfset request.valueTwo = "7.94" /> <cfset request.valueThree = "7.667" /> <cfset request.valueFour = "33.334" /> I guess my real question is, why do we need round, ceiling and/or numberformat functions, when they all return basically the same values. <BR> I need to get the values that "DollarFormat()" provide, but its hard to do math with $'s in the equations... hmmmm? <BR> I guess you could replace each $ in every value in EVERY calculation, but that would be nasty wouldnt it? <BR> HELP :) <BR> (Note: One number is different and that is "ceilings" view of what 33.334 should be.) <P> <cfoutput> Round: 7.76 = #round(request.valueOne)# <BR> Round: 7.94 = #round(request.valueTwo)# <BR> Round: 7.667 = #round(request.valueThree)# <BR> Round: 33.334 = #round(request.valueFour)# <P> Ceiling: 7.76 = #ceiling(request.valueOne)# <BR> Ceiling: 7.94 = #ceiling(request.valueTwo)# <BR> Ceiling: 7.667 = #ceiling(request.valueThree)# <BR> Ceiling: 33.334 = #ceiling(request.valueFour)# <P> NumberFormat: 7.76 = #numberFormat(request.valueOne,'__')# <BR> NumberFormat: 7.94 = #numberFormat(request.valueTwo,'__')# <BR> NumberFormat: 7.557 = #numberFormat(request.valueThree,'__')# <BR> NumberFormat: 33.334 = #numberFormat(request.valueFour,'__')# <P> NumberFormat99: 7.76 = #numberFormat(request.valueOne,'99')# <BR> NumberFormat99: 7.94 = #numberFormat(request.valueTwo,'99')# <BR> NumberFormat99: 7.557 = #numberFormat(request.valueThree,'99')# <BR> NumberFormat99: 33.334 = #numberFormat(request.valueFour,'99')# <P> DollarFormat: 7.76 = #DollarFormat(request.valueOne)# <BR> DollarFormat: 7.94 = #DollarFormat(request.valueTwo)# <BR> DollarFormat: 7.557 = #DollarFormat(request.valueThree)# <BR> DollarFormat: 33.334 = #DollarFormat(request.valueFour)# <P> Attempt at an equation with $'s (#DollarFormat(request.valueFour)# + #DollarFormat(request.valueThree)#): #DollarFormat(request.valueFour) + DollarFormat(request.valueThree)# </cfoutput> </body> </html> -- 'Never have anything in your life that you can't walk out on in thirty seconds flat, if you spot the heat coming around the corner' robert deniro - heat (1995) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Deploy Web Applications Quickly across the enterprise with ColdFusion MX7 & Flex 2 Free Trial http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:236798 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
