Re: Was a decimal point keyed? -- MIDRANGE-L

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Subject: Re: Was a decimal point keyed?
From: "Raul A. Jager W." <raul@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2010 10:43:10 -0400
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In some computer languages, 15 is an integer and 15.0 is a real with
decimal value of 0.
It makes a difference in calculations, 15/2 is 7, 15.0/2 is 7.5
Is this correct? I don't know, just it is the way it works.

rob@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

Makes me wonder if the
<snip>
15.0000.
</snip>
second period was the end of the sentence, or someone entering a decimal
twice.

Rob Berendt

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