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Ron Coderre
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Possible error in MOD function
If I evaluate the formula segments in XL2003...
=MOD((1/(TAN(PI()/4-ATAN(120/119)))),1)
becomes this:
=MOD(-239.000000000001,1)
And the MOD is: 0.999999999999233
Since the binary math may be toying with you....
try this:
=MOD(ROUND(1/(TAN(PI()/4-ATAN(120/119))),5),1)
which results in 0.
Is that something you can work with?
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Ron
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(XL2003, Win XP)
"Peter K" <Peter
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Try typing the following ...
=MOD((1/(TAN(PI()/4-ATAN(120/119)))),1)
This produces the answer 1 in Excel 2000 and Excel 2003.
I think it should be zero, because the expression before the comma in MOD
equals -239
Peter K
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