[SOLVED] incorrect answer when dividing why?

[mdannatt]

I am trying to divide two numbers $TAP ($10,330,000.00) by $TOTP($26,250,000.00). When echo'd I get 0.3846, but a simple check on my calculator show the real answer is 0.3935. Anyone have any ideas? the difference makes the calculation worthless. I am using XAMPP, latest release, if thats of any help.

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$B = ($TAP / $TOTP);

$C = $targetcontr;

$D = $maxvaluecontr;

$BCcalc = $B/$C;

$BCDcalc = ($BCcalc * $D);

$BCDcalcMIN = MIN($BCDcalc,$D);

echo $TAP."<br/>";

echo $TOTP."<br/>";

echo "The adjusted procurement ratio is : ".number_format($B,4)."<br/>";

[PFMaBiSmAd]

The first comma , that is encountered in each number is a stop character. So, the result is 10/26.

 

Comma separators in numbers are there for human readability and don't belong in numbers in computers until the point where you want to output them in a human readable format.

[mdannatt]

arrrghhh i didnt even think of that. problem solved thanks. maybe  cup of coffee is called for.

[Daniel0]

Comma separators in numbers are there for human readability [...]

 

Except in some languages where they are used as decimal separators.