Problem with Qtp/Subfile/Item...Minimum --- 'How I Skinned Th e Ca t'

[Walker, Chris]

I usually just put a minus sign in front of the expression to be negated,
but I don't know if that multiplies, subtracts or just negates, and I
couldn't say for certain if it works in QTP.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Heasman,David [mailto:David.Heasman@seacontainers.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2000 1:44 PM
> To: 'PowerHouse ListServer'
> Subject: RE: Problem with Qtp/Subfile/Item...Minimum --- 'How 
> I Skinned
> Th e Ca t'
> 
> 
> 
> > > 
> > > Define d-DATE-GOODS-REC      Zoned *8                     
>          & 
> > >      = Nconvert(DATE-GOODS-REC Of detail-set) * -1
> > >
> > 
> 	 When I were a lad, and processors still used steam and 
> ratchets, I
> was told that multiplying a number
> 	 by -1 to get a negative value was a very bad idea and 
> subtracting
> it from zero was far better.
> 
> 	 I still prefer subtracting from zero..
> 
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