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==== HELP! iconv and MS (OpenInsight Specific) ====
=== At 02 MAY 2001 04:29:16AM Barry Stevens wrote: ===
 
{{tag>"OpenInsight Specific"}}
 
<QUOTE>


Can anyone tell me how I can get the correct result for the following;



x=(5/93000) * 100

y=iconv(X,"MS")



Y S/B 0.005376....

but is

Y= same as X =5.37634408602151E-3





Barry
</QUOTE>
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=== At 02 MAY 2001 06:52AM Barry Stevens wrote:  ===

<QUOTE>I have been playing aroubd and this appears to work, dont know if any gotchas.



X =oconv((5/93000) * 100,"MD2PT")





Barry

</QUOTE>

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=== At 02 MAY 2001 10:51PM Barry Stevens wrote:  ===

<QUOTE>oops , thst didnt work, had to do this:



function BSBSOconvMS(Quotant,Divisor)

		

Result=(oconv(Quotant,"MD2") / oconv(Divisor,"MD2")) * 100

if index(Result,"E",1) then

  OconvMD=MD":Result-1,"B-":"T"

  Result=oconv(Result,OconvMD)

end

Result=oconv(Result,"MD2PT")

    

return Result    

</QUOTE>


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