Simple multiplication going bizarre
Simple multiplication going bizarre
- Subject: Simple multiplication going bizarre
- From: "Mark J. Reed" <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2010 13:20:30 -0400
Basically, the default stringification of numbers may not be what you
want. When dealing with currency - and thus is a general truism with
applicability beyond AppleScript - you're better off using integers
representing the smallest denomination (pennies/pence/cents) and
converting to larger units for display only at the very end.
On Thursday, April 29, 2010, <email@hidden> wrote:
> Hmmm, As Number doesn't work for me. Still get an exponent.
>
> On Apr 29, 2010, at 8:11am, Richard Lake wrote:
> Damn, yeah I should have used 'as number' ... I always have in the past I don't know why I choose not to on this occasion. Thanks David, this works perfectly.
> On 29 Apr 2010, at 16:00, David Wolfe wrote:
> I can't even begin to understand what's going on here (math not a strong suit), but this works for me:
> set myVal to 4999.0 * 12.5 as numberdisplay dialog myVal
>
> David
>
> On Apr 29, 2010, at 10:44 AM, Luther Fuller wrote:
> On Apr 29, 2010, at 8:58 AM, Richard Lake wrote:4999.0*12.5 = 62487.5
> But applescript returns:
> 6.24875E+4
> ?????
> How do I get around this oddity?
> Here's one way ...
> set selfRef to (path to me)set x to (4999.0 * 12.5)tell application "Finder" set comment of selfRef to x set numText to (comment of selfRef)end telllog numText
> But, will this work for negative exponents? I haven't tried it, but I think not.
> You can use brute force with something like this ...
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