Percentage problem

sas

I am trying to develop an app that compares two values and takes action based on that comparison. This is an easy task with floating point but I’m not very knowledgeable on how to handle this without. ·
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Input A will vary from 255 to 100 Input B will vary between· 60% and 98% of input A.
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Using floating point math I would use the following logic
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Get A
Get B
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SELECT ·B/A
CASE > .95
GOTO ·
CASE > .90
GOTO
CASE > .80
GOTO
CASE > .70
GOTO
CASE < .71
GOTO
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Since floating point is not available how can I accomplish this with the BS2?
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Thanks,

Paul Baker

Look in the Stamp documentation at the operator */, you'l find it has the effect of multiplying a number by a fraction.

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·1+1=10

Jon Williams

Convert everything to 100ths and do it like this:

· testVal = bVal * 100 / aVal
· SELECT testVal
··· CASE > 95
····· ' code·here
··· CASE 91 TO 95
····· ' code·here·
··· CASE 81 TO 90
····· ' code here
··· CASE 71 TO 80
····· ' code here
··· CASE ELSE
····· ' code here
· ENDSELECT

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Jon Williams
Applications Engineer, Parallax

sas

Thanks Jon,

That was easy and should have been obvious.

Thanks again.

Paul Baker

Thanks Jon, definitely much more simple than my suggestion. As always there is more than one way to skin a cat, but some ways you're less likely to cut yourself in the process.

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·1+1=10