Re^5: accurately rounding numbers for percentages

So do what ww said and simply put a disclaimer about the numbers being rounded and not necessarily adding up to 100%.

You can't introduce error to your numbers via rounding and then magically expect that error to disappear and have everything add up to 100 all the time. People are smart enough to understand rounding errors if you add a comment to that effect.

Gary Blackburn
Trained Killer

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Re^6: accurately rounding numbers for percentages by derekn (Initiate) on Aug 03, 2009 at 05:00 UTC
Ok. This is my first time to ever post on this board, and I may not know as much as you all do, which is why I posted here in the first place, to seek others' greater knowledge so that I might learn from them. I'm sorry if I sounded like I didn't LIKE any answers, because I assure you that was not the case. I just wanted to make sure that I made myself clear, as I wasn't sure that I had. After the replies you have shared with me, I will go with disclaimer. Derek	[reply]
Re^7: accurately rounding numbers for percentages by spazm (Monk) on Aug 03, 2009 at 06:17 UTC
Derek, Thanks for this nice note. Welcome to perlmonks! I will now abstain from making some obscure reference to the pain of receiving enlightenment, and merely wish you a lovely day. --spazm	[reply]