To be consistent, 100 * 50% should give 5000%.
Addition and subtraction between integer and percent types is ambiguous. What would you expect from 200 - 50% ? There are four different, but all, depending on your point of view, correct, possibilities. Just remember that % means "per cent", or "divided by 100". So 100% is not the same as 100. Not a bad idea overall, though. Regards, Anton. > hi, > > And with it you could do something like: > > >> 100 - 50% > == 50 > >> 100 + 50% > == 150 > >> 100 * 50% > == 5000 > > Enjoy!! > Ammon > > A short time ago, Andrew Martin, sent an email stating: > > percent! - new datatype request > > > > It would be nice to see a percent datatype. It could be based on a > > combination of the money! and decimal! datatype. percent! > datatypes would > > look like: > > 100% > > 1.23% > > 0.456% > > > > I've send a copy to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Andrew Martin -- To unsubscribe from this list, please send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" in the subject, without the quotes.
