Re: Numeric Vars

[Arjan Hoornstra <ahoor@YAHOO.COM>]

This is a know problem with SQR... it maybe the 16th number after the
comma which is causing the problem. You probably calculated the values
for the variables? You have to use an edit mask for the calculation...
must be some more threads about this in the history of this
mailinglist.

Arjan

--- Bill Beckner <Bbeckner@ICC.CC.IL.US> wrote:
> Here's a puzzle for all you SQR experts....
>
> I've got these two numeric variables, assigned the same amount, and I
> display their values like this:
>
>     SHOW '#New_Posted_amt ' #New_Posted_amt
>     SHOW '#Ttl_Proj_Amt2  ' #Ttl_Proj_Amt2
>
> And the following shows in the sqr.log:
>
>     #New_Posted_amt 12696.840000
>     #Ttl_Proj_Amt2  12696.840000
>
> When the following comparison is performed:
>
>     if #New_Posted_amt > #Ttl_Proj_Amt2
>         do Print-Error-Message
>     end-if
>
> I always get an error message!!!  Any ideas?  We're using SQR 4.3.4
>
> Thanks!!!
>
> Why does SQR
>
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