I seemed to find that using figures like .01 caused me a problem and I had
to use 0.01 (if that adds any value to the discussion)
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From: Dick Applebaum [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, 30 August 2000 9:26:AM
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Subject: Re: How to use decimals for calculation
Try:
.01 * var_rate * list.amt - form.ins_prepay
Dck
At 5:24 PM -0500 8/29/00, Kim Ahlbrandt wrote:
>I have a variable, #var_rate#, that is coming back from the table as a 9, 6
>, 8 etc. It needs to be 9%, 6%, 8% and so on to be used in a formula:
>("#var_rate#" * "#list.amt#") - "#form.ins_prepay#" .
>
>How can I get this into the correct format for this calculation? Nothing
>I've tried here at the end of the day when my brain is fried has worked.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Kim
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