in reply to Re^2: Help with a calculation
in thread Help with a calculation

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$sales = sprintf "\$%.2f", param('Sales');

your $sales variable will end up containing a dollar sign plus whatever value comes from the 'Sales' parameter. Perl will treat this as a string, not a number...

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Re^4: Help with a calculation
by hjaber (Initiate) on Feb 04, 2006 at 16:52 UTC
    That makes sense now, thank you for your help. I made the changes and now everything is working great. Thanks again for your help! Hatem Jaber
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