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Re: Comparing numbers with different precisions

Subject: Re: Comparing numbers with different precisions
From: David Carlisle <davidc@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:22:41 +0000
Re:  Comparing numbers with different precisions
On 09/02/2012 09:54, Clint Redwood wrote:
> I also note that the xpath function "round" doesn't have any
> precision associated with it, so I can't just count the decimal
> places of the shorter value and round the longer to that precision.


yes not sure why they didn't add a precision argument. round-to-half-even does have a precision argument so you could use that if that rounding is acceptable, or if you want to use round you can of course scale by a suitable power of 10 to bring the precisions into play.


David

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