Hi, Karen! I vaguely remember that the parentheses inside the parentheses used to not need, but assumed * so that (percent(intpay+actamt)) is equivalent to (percent*(intpay+actamt))
Albert > On Dec 21, 2016, at 11:53 AM, karentellef via RBASE-L > <[email protected]> wrote: > > You'd think after all my decades doing this, that I would have seen this type > of column before... but I am baffled! I was told this is a really old > database, probably starting in 2.11 days. > > Look at the attached print-screen, and look at the "billamt" computed column. > The word "percent" is used in the computation as if it is a function, but > I've searched for "percent" in the help screens and it doesn't exist. Notice > also that there is a column called "percent" in the table. > > If the Percent column has a "50" in it, and the (IntPay + ActAmt) = 200, > then it takes 50% of 200 and returns 100 as the BillAmt. But I've never > seen syntax like that before! How on earth does it even work? > > Karen > > <rbase.png> > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBASE-L" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. > <rbase.png> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBASE-L" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
