Steven

Looks like floating point math

try print round 76.71 * 100

On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 9:20 AM, Steven White<[email protected]> w=
rote:
> I have been trying to convert a decimal number, representing dollars and =
cents, into a fixed-length string for use in building a fixed-format data f=
ile, for sending to a bank. =A0I have been off by a penny on my current att=
empt and I have narrowed it down to the following REBOL statement that I ca=
n run at the interpreter prompt, giving the following result:
>
>>> print to-integer multiply 76.71 100
> 7670
>>>
>
> Can anyone explain this?
>
> Thank you.
>
>
> Steven White
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