Hi all, This is just to let you guys & gals know that I have created a Calc Add-In package to demonstrate what the decimal arithmetic can do for you.
The package can be downloaded from http://kohei.us/ooo/decimal/ This package will introduce 6 new functions all starting with "DEC_". The basic four arithmetic operations: addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, as well as two other functions DEC_EXP() and DEC_PI() are supported. You can arbitrarily specify the precision for each operation. If you happen to be running Fedora Core 3, I have created a binary package for you. The binary should also run on other x86 Linux platforms where a version of gcc compatible with gcc 3.4.4 (the compiler I used to create the binary) is used. To use, just remember that the numbers are represented as text, so you can't mix it with Calc's built-in cell functions which expect numbers. To pass a result from one of the DEC_ functions to a built-in function, you must use VALUE() to convert it into a number. By doing so, you will of course lose the precision. But that's just a way of life. That's it folks. Hope you'll enjoy it. Kohei -- Kohei Yoshida OpenOffice.org Calc contributor http://kohei.us/ooo/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
