I have had similar problems with 6.5++. The folks in accounting like the
r:base results to match the calculator when figuring tax. I have tried
various work-arounds and when I get it to fix one situation if fails in
another. I contacted R:base about the issue and they told me it comes down
to rounding rules that I was not familiar with. I too would like to just
use 'conventional' rounding with dollars and cents.
Scott Stanfield
At 12:08 PM 6/17/2003 -0400, you wrote:
set var amt curr = 9.25
set var txrate = .06
set var tax curr = (.amt * .txrate)
in v 6.5++ dos result is .55
in v 7.0 win result is .56
.56 is correct
using brnd in 6.5 doesn't correct it.
any suggestions? I tried adding .001 b4 changing to curr and it comes out
right but if the amount is 9.24, it comes out to .56 which is wrong.
Bernie Lis
