decimal issue when dividing

[Former Member]

Hi ,

price is in curr with 2 decimals, while qty is in data type DEC, 5.

cal = ( price / qty )

i want to get the calc in 3 decimal points.

when i put calc as p decimal 3 it gave a different value.

Eg, 58.467/10 gave as 0.585 where as it should be 5.847

Can any one advise as to which data type i should use for calc field.

Thanks

Keshi

[Former Member]

data : l_price type bseg-dmbtr,

l_qty type p decimals 5,

l_cal type p decimals 3.

l_price = '58.467'.

l_qty = 10.

l_cal = l_price / l_qty .

WRITE 😕 l_cal.

[Former Member]

Hi,

the problem is with the <b>attribute of the program</b> where your are writing the code for division.

open the prog in SE38 and check the <b>Fixed point arithmetic</b> parameter - i guess u ll find it dechecked. To get proper result <b>u need to have it checked</b>.

if you are inside a customer exit/include then you will have to create a function module for doing the calculations and related stuffs.

hope it solves ur prob.