in reply to inequality of appearing same number

Why 0 - $batch_total and not abs($batch_total)? (Not really sure if it would make a difference but it's worth the try...)

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Re^2: inequality of appearing same number
by bear0053 (Hermit) on Dec 02, 2004 at 00:21 UTC
    there are some situations where the values could have the same abs but one was a - and the other was + originally and that would be a big error.
    Thanks for the help. I didn't realize this post was made so short ago.
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