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Subject:What's the term From:John Posada <jposada01 -at- YAHOO -dot- COM> Date:Wed, 14 Apr 1999 11:58:26 -0700
Hi, People.
I have a paragraph that I know is not accurate:
"For example, if you want to add a 2.5% commission to
the Base Charge, you would enter the value as 2.5, not
.025"
The question is: What is the official term for 2.5
that differentiates it from .025. It has to do with
the way that the application processes the number
internally.
I at first wanted to use the tem whole number, but
that's not right.
Anyone have a guess? Anyone even care?
John
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John Posada
Western Union International
(w) jposada -at- westernunion -dot- com
(p) john -at- tdandw -dot- com
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