Re: Math Weirdness
| From: | Daniel Brown | Date: | Mon, 14 Jul 2008 19:51:04 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Math Weirdness | ||
| References: | 1 | Groups: | php.general |
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On Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 1:39 PM, Jay Blanchard <jblanchard@pocket.com> wrote:
> I am totally buffaloed by a set of very simple calculations that I am
> doing;
>
> $totChargeDiff = $endingBal - $totalCharges;
> echo number_format($totChargeDiff, 2, '.',
> '')."\t";
You're performing math to get the result for $totChargeDiff by
subtracting $totalCharges from $endingBal. That will give you -0.10
in this case, because 0.10 - 0.20 = -0.10. You want the difference,
not the result.
--
</Daniel P. Brown>
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