RE: [PHP] Math Weirdness

> On Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 3:51 PM, Daniel Brown <parasane@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > 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. > > Oh, and the code, by the way: > > <?php > // .... your code to this point.... > > /* what is the difference between the ending balance and the charges? > */ > $totChargeDiff = ($totalCharges > $endingBal) ? > ($endingBal + $totalCharges) : ($endingBal - $totalCharges); > echo number_format($totChargeDiff, 2, '.', > '')."\t"; > > // .... and continue with your code here.... > ?> Surely, for difference, $totChargeDiff = abs($endingBal - $totalCharges); Alex No virus found in this outgoing message. Scanned by AVG Free 8.0 Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.138 / Virus Database: 270.4.10/1550 - Release Date: 13/07/2008 17:58