Re: Dumb programming question.. -- RPG400-L

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Subject: Re: Dumb programming question..
From: "Paul Morgan" <pmorgan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2005 12:00:36 -0400
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Chuck,

Starting out with :

( ( FieldA - 1 ) / FieldA ) * 100

Then a little algebra:

( ( FieldA / FieldA ) - ( 1 / FieldA ) ) * 100
( 1 - ( 1 / FieldA ) ) * 100

to end up with:

100 - ( 100 / FieldA)

Paul

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