Bernie, Actually, I think .56 is the correct rounding, but merchants who are paying tax like to round down (grin).
I think Javier was suggesting that you do your math in the DOUBLE or REAL datatypes, then convert that to CURR. (I would insist on DOUBLE for better precision.) show version R:BASE 2000 v6.5++ Windows (32-bit), U.S. Version, Build: 1.864xRT03 set var amt curr = 9.25 set var txrate = .06 set var tax curr = (.amt * .txrate) sho v tax% Variable = Value Type ------------------ ------------------------------ -------- tax = $0.56 CURRENCY set var amt DOUBLE = 9.25 set var txrate DOUBLE = .06 set var taxd DOUBLE = (.amt * .txrate) SET VAR tax CURR = .taxd sho v tax% Variable = Value Type ------------------ ------------------------------ -------- tax = $0.55 CURRENCY taxd = 0.555 DOUBLE Bill On Tue, 17 Jun 2003 12:52:03 -0400, Terry on Verizon wrote: >In the latest build of 6.5++ for windows, the result is .56
