Re: Dumb programming question..

Except, I think, when FieldA = *zero

Kevin Barry
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Well I'll be damned. That actually works. Someone is either an algebra genius or has a lot of time on their hands :P

lol, nice work there tho.  That really simplies the equation.

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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)

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Chuck wrote

Subtract 1 from FieldA
Divide that result by FieldA
Multiply that result by 100