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Old August 27th, 2004, 02:58 PM
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Default PIVOT TABLE PROBLEM

Hello everyone,

I got a little problem with the pivot table report cause
each time I do one, there some decimals that get add up
some of my numbers like in my Grand total, I'll have
3927376.69000001 but when i'll double click on it, it
gives me the sheet containing my informations that adds up
to 3927376.69 . Is this a bug or is my computer good for
maintenance ?
Can you please help me with this situation ?
Thx a lot !
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Old August 27th, 2004, 04:35 PM
dave
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its my guess you've found a lingering excel bug, which has
been around for awhile it occassionally causes problems
way out in deep decimal places. In those cases, I simply
round my results to the 4th decimal place and that cleans
it up.

In your case if you showed more decimal places in your
source sheet you'd probably also see the distant "1".
-----Original Message-----
Hello everyone,

I got a little problem with the pivot table report cause
each time I do one, there some decimals that get add up
some of my numbers like in my Grand total, I'll have
3927376.69000001 but when i'll double click on it, it
gives me the sheet containing my informations that adds

up
to 3927376.69 . Is this a bug or is my computer good for
maintenance ?
Can you please help me with this situation ?
Thx a lot !
.

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Old August 27th, 2004, 05:01 PM
Frank Kabel
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Hi
this is not a bug (and especially not an Excel bug). This 'error' can
be found in all computer programs doing floating point arithmetics.
See:
http://www.cpearson.com/excel/rounding.htm

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Frank Kabel
Frankfurt, Germany

"dave" schrieb im Newsbeitrag
...
its my guess you've found a lingering excel bug, which has
been around for awhile it occassionally causes problems
way out in deep decimal places. In those cases, I simply
round my results to the 4th decimal place and that cleans
it up.

In your case if you showed more decimal places in your
source sheet you'd probably also see the distant "1".
-----Original Message-----
Hello everyone,

I got a little problem with the pivot table report cause
each time I do one, there some decimals that get add up
some of my numbers like in my Grand total, I'll have
3927376.69000001 but when i'll double click on it, it
gives me the sheet containing my informations that adds

up
to 3927376.69 . Is this a bug or is my computer good for
maintenance ?
Can you please help me with this situation ?
Thx a lot !
.


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Old August 27th, 2004, 07:14 PM
dave
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I sit corrected. Interesting article.
-----Original Message-----
Hi
this is not a bug (and especially not an Excel bug).

This 'error' can
be found in all computer programs doing floating point

arithmetics.
See:
http://www.cpearson.com/excel/rounding.htm

--
Regards
Frank Kabel
Frankfurt, Germany

"dave" schrieb im

Newsbeitrag
...
its my guess you've found a lingering excel bug, which

has
been around for awhile it occassionally causes problems
way out in deep decimal places. In those cases, I

simply
round my results to the 4th decimal place and that

cleans
it up.

In your case if you showed more decimal places in your
source sheet you'd probably also see the distant "1".
-----Original Message-----
Hello everyone,

I got a little problem with the pivot table report

cause
each time I do one, there some decimals that get add up
some of my numbers like in my Grand total, I'll have
3927376.69000001 but when i'll double click on it, it
gives me the sheet containing my informations that adds

up
to 3927376.69 . Is this a bug or is my computer good

for
maintenance ?
Can you please help me with this situation ?
Thx a lot !
.


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