[REBOL] Re: percent! - new datatype request
From: nitsch-lists:netcologne at: 6-Jun-2002 22:26
Am Donnerstag, 6. Juni 2002 20:35 schrieb Anton:
> To be consistent,
>
> 100 * 50% should give 5000%.
should give 50.
to-percent 100 * 50% should give 5000%
> Addition and subtraction between integer and percent
> types is ambiguous. What would you expect from
>
> 200 - 50% ?
>
with-heavy-rabatt: $1999 - 30 %
> There are four different, but all, depending on your
> point of view, correct, possibilities.
>
> Just remember that % means "per cent", or "divided by 100".
> So 100% is not the same as 100.
>
> Not a bad idea overall, though.
>
> Regards,
>
> Anton.
>
> > hi,
> >
> > =09And with it you could do something like:
> > >> 100 - 50%
> >
> > == 50
> >
> > >> 100 + 50%
> >
> > == 150
> >
> > >> 100 * 50%
> >
> > == 5000
> >
> > Enjoy!!
> > Ammon
> >
> > A short time ago, Andrew Martin, sent an email stating:
> > > percent! - new datatype request
> > >
> > > It would be nice to see a percent datatype. It could be based on a
> > > combination of the money! and decimal! datatype. percent!
> >
> > datatypes would
> >
> > > look like:
> > > 100%
> > > 1.23%
> > > 0.456%
> > >
> > > I've send a copy to [feedback--rebol--com]
> > >
> > > Andrew Martin
nice idea :)
next i want units :)
-volker
