RE: Eval(h)

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That worked.  What does the (r) do?  Retain precision?

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RE: Eval(h)






>In free-form code, I have:
>
>eval(h) 5,2field    = 9,2field / (9,0field /100);
>
>It is not rounding up. For example, a result of 11.77815... is
>truncated to 11.77, not the expected (at least expected by me) 11.78.
>
>What am I missing?

Kyle
                 just a guess but...

whenever using eval with numbers of different decmal places,
best to use the opcode extender of r
eg eval(hr) 5,2field.....

HTH

Mike

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