inconsistent webcat calculation?
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 1997
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 15005
interpreted = N
texte = I think we are running version 2.01, but I'm not sure. Inside a template we get to via a search action, we have an inner search loop in which I generate a summary table of order information. Before, I had the following formulas for summing the total:[format 8.2f][subtotal][/format] [format 7.2f][math][shipcost]*fracweight[/math][/format] [format 8.2f][math][tax]*fraction[/math][/format] [format 10.2f][math]tmptotal=[subtotal]+([tax]*fraction)+([shipcost]*fracweight)[/math][/format] which I simplified by adding two local [math] variables and it works:[format 8.2f][subtotal][/format][format 7.2f][math]vartmp=[shipcost]*fracweight[/math][/format][format 8.2f][math]tmpvar=[tax]*fraction[/math][/format][format 10.2f][math]tmptotal=[subtotal]+vartmp+tmpvar[/math][/format]Just out of curiosity is there something bogus about the former way I did it?Curt----------------------------------------------------------------------| William Curt Eggemeyer Curt@mail.bzzzzzz.com || BeeHive Technologies, Inc. || http://www.bzzzzzz.com with a WebCam in Pasadena, California |----------------------------------------------------------------------
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I think we are running version 2.01, but I'm not sure. Inside a template we get to via a search action, we have an inner search loop in which I generate a summary table of order information. Before, I had the following formulas for summing the total:[format 8.2f][subtotal][/format] [format 7.2f]
[math][shipcost]*fracweight[/math][/format] [format 8.2f]
[math][tax]*fraction[/math][/format] [format 10.2f]
[math]tmptotal=[subtotal]+([tax]*fraction)+([shipcost]*fracweight)[/math][/format] which I simplified by adding two local
[math] variables and it works:[format 8.2f][subtotal][/format][format 7.2f]
[math]vartmp=[shipcost]*fracweight[/math][/format][format 8.2f]
[math]tmpvar=[tax]*fraction[/math][/format][format 10.2f]
[math]tmptotal=[subtotal]+vartmp+tmpvar[/math][/format]Just out of curiosity is there something bogus about the former way I did it?Curt----------------------------------------------------------------------| William Curt Eggemeyer Curt@mail.bzzzzzz.com || BeeHive Technologies, Inc. || http://www.bzzzzzz.com with a WebCam in Pasadena, California |----------------------------------------------------------------------
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