Re: Dumb programming question..

True, division by zero.

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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,
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> Starting out with :
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> ( ( FieldA - 1 ) / FieldA ) * 100
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> Then a little algebra:
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> ( ( FieldA / FieldA ) - ( 1 / FieldA ) ) * 100
> ( 1 - ( 1 / FieldA ) ) * 100
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> to end up with:
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> 100 - ( 100 / FieldA)
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> Paul
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> Chuck wrote
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>> Subtract 1 from FieldA
>> Divide that result by FieldA
>> Multiply that result by 100