RE: int(-8.9)=-9 or -8 -- RPG400-L

However if you use the  trunc  function in excel, it should just drop the
fraction/decimal position...

tim

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Peter Dow [SMTP:pcdow@yahoo.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2000 1:53 PM
> To:   RPG400-L@midrange.com
> Subject:      Re: int(-8.9)=-9 or -8
> 
> A quick check shows that
> 
> MS-DOS Qbasic 1.0 says int(-8.1) = -9
> MS QuickBasic 4.5 says int(-8.1) = -9
> VB 6.0 says int(-8.1) = -9
> VBA with Excel 97 also shows int(-8.1) = -9
> 
> So these releases are at least consistent, if not correct.
> 
> If you want RPG IV to match Excel, you've got a problem!
> 
> Peter Dow
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: McCallion, Martin <MccalliM@Midas-Kapiti.com>
> To: <RPG400-L@midrange.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2000 6:14 AM
> Subject: RE: int(-8.9)=-9 or -8
> 
> 
> > >By Excel functions, int(-8.1)=-9. And %Int in RPGiv is -8.
> > >
> > >How can I get -9 same as an Excel function by RPG iv?
> > >Is which result(-9 or -8) normal for you ?
> > >
> >
> > Excel is wrong, based on what I learned in school (round down if less
> > than five after the decimal, up if greater; if equal I seem to recall
> > that you went to the nearest even number, which seems a bit arbitrary,
> > but you have to do something).  There was an article about this in PC
> > Pro recently. Excel and VBA are inconsistent, if I remember correctly.
> > So if you do that formula in Excel itself you get the result you see,
> > but if you use the int() function in a VBA macro you get a result that
> > matches RPG.
> >
> > Having said that, I see that the value in your subject line doesn't
> > match that in the body.  My comments above assume that you meant -8.1.
> > If you meant -8.9, then RPG and VBA are wrong, IMHO.  I know which way
> > I'm betting.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Martin.
> >
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