Re: absolute value : not working whats up with that

[Elvis Pressly <elvisdman@HOTMAIL.COM>]

scott,

You are showing two different kind of apples. One is numeric and
the other is character type. Try using the mi mask in $Credits
like.......... SHOW 'Credits  ' $Credits 999999999.99mi

If this wont work, then convert $credits into a numeric var.


>From: Scott Eubank <SEUBANK@ADVANCEAUTOPARTS.COM>
>Reply-To: sqr-users@list.iex.net
>To: SQR-USERS@list.iex.net
>Subject: absolute value :  not working whats up with that
>Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2001 09:55:11 -0400
>
>code:
>***************************************************************
>   let #Sum-Debits = abs(#Sum-Debits)
>   let #Sum-Credit = abs(#Sum-Credit)
>
>
>
>    show 'Sum Debits :' #Sum-Debits  edit 9999999999.99
>    show 'Sum Crdits :' #Sum-Credits edit 9999999999.99
>
>    show ' H Debits  :' $Debits
>    show ' H Credits :'$Credits
>********************************************************************
>end code
>
>yeilds results:
>----------------------------------------------------------------------
>Sum Debits : 379434039.78
>Sum Crdits :-379434039.78
>H Debits  :       379434039.78
>H Credits :       379434039.78
>---------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>So whats up with the abs function if it does not work correctly.  What am I
>doing wrong here?

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