Author: sergeyken
Subject: Re: Reply to: DFSORT MUL FIELDS
Posted: Sat Mar 04, 2017 8:52 pm (GMT 5.5)
My point is only - the result of standard operation MULtiplication is incorrect based on the rules of arithmetic. It can, or cannot, be fixed later, of course. But (5.70 * 1024) = 583680 is wrong anyway.
Subject: Re: Reply to: DFSORT MUL FIELDS
Posted: Sat Mar 04, 2017 8:52 pm (GMT 5.5)
| Bill Woodger wrote: |
| And your point is? SORT knows nothing about decimal places. So what do you do, just not multiply anything, or do your own scaling? A simple EDIT takes care of that, as does just putting the data and assuming there is a decimal place there. |
My point is only - the result of standard operation MULtiplication is incorrect based on the rules of arithmetic. It can, or cannot, be fixed later, of course. But (5.70 * 1024) = 583680 is wrong anyway.