Re: Ok, why is this happening...

Hi I admit not gone trough all of your code, but mostly this happens when mixing the string concatenation operator (.) with the addition (+) or substraction (-) operator. HTH With kind regards Andy On Tuesday 19 July 2005 19:26, John Nichel wrote: > Chris Boget wrote: > >>Chris Boget wrote: > >><snip> > >> > >>>echo "if( $originalNet != $calculatedNet ) = " . ( (int)$originalNet !== > >>>(int)$calculatedNet ) . "<br>\n"; > >> > >></snip> > >>Change this to echo out what you're comparing... > >>echo "if( ". (int)$originalNet ." != ". (int)$calculatedNet ." > >>) = " . ( > >>(int)$originalNet !== (int)$calculatedNet ) . "<br>\n"; > >>That'll show what numbers is actually trying to match. > > > > Ok, then that begs the following questions: > > > > If I don't cast any of the values, why do they display as being > > identicle? Additionally, why does every IF check fail in that case? > > There's some freaky math going on there or something. I added a couple > of other echos in to see and for some reason it seems to be losing > single digit value (subtracting, rounding down, I don't know). > > $calculatedGross = $originalNet + ( $originalNet * $commissionPct * 0.01 > ); > > echo ( "Gross : " . (int)$calculatedGross ." = ". $originalNet ." + ( > ". > $originalNet ." * ". $commissionPct ." *.01 )<br />\n" ); > > $calculatedNet = $calculatedGross / ( 1 + ( $commissionPct * 0.01 )); > > echo ( "Net : " . (int)$calculatedNet." = " . (int)$calculatedGross . > " > / ( 1 + ( " . $commissionPct . " * .01 ) )<br />\n" ); > > -- > John C. Nichel > ÜberGeek > KegWorks.com > 716.856.9675 > john@kegworks.com -- Registered Linux User Number 379093 Cockroaches and socialites are the only things that can stay up all night and eat anything. Herb Caen -- -- --BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.1 GAT/O/>E$ d-(---)>+ s:(+)>: a--(-)>? C++++$(+++) UL++++>++++$ P-(+)>++ L+++>++++$ E---(-)@ W+++>+++$ !N@ o? !K? W--(---) !O !M- V-- PS++(+++) PE--(-) Y+ PGP++(+++) t+(++) 5-- X++ R*(+)@ !tv b-() DI(+) D+(+++) G(+) e>++++$@ h++(*) r-->++ y--()>++++ -- ---END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ -- Check out these few php utilities that I released under the GPL2 and that are meant for use with a php cli binary: http://www.vlaamse-kern.com/sas/ -- --

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