because dollarformat and numberformat are display function and you wouldn't want to use them in calculations. Ceiling and round are different animals hence they return different values. Ceiling <> Round <> Floor
On 6/18/07, Tony <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > (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) > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade & integrate Adobe Coldfusion MX7 with Flex 2 http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJP Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:236799 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
