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David Biddulph[_2_] David Biddulph[_2_] is offline
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Default convert kilograms to stones AND pounds

As one example, with the 10 to 14 correction, 69.8 kg gives 4 Stones 14 lbs,
which doesn't seem quite right? :-)
I guess that you are just converting from pounds to stones, rather than from
kg?
You did, however fall into the same 14lb trap that my earlier formula did,
which I've subsequently corrected by doing the rounding *before* the INT and
MOD [or INT and (x-INT(x))].

I think what Sandy was trying to suggest was that a division by 14 is exact
(subject to the precision of Excel's calculation, whereas your
mulitplication by 0.071429 is an approximation for the recurring number
0.07142857142857142857...).
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David Biddulph

"Gord Dibben" <gorddibbATshawDOTca wrote in message
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Thanks Sandy

Typo on the 10

Not sure what you mean by the second part.

Gord


On Mon, 27 Oct 2008 23:55:12 -0000, "Sandy Mann"

wrote:

Gord,

=INT(A3*0.071429)&" Stones
"&ROUND((A3*0.071429-INT(A3*0.071429))*10,0)&"
lbs"


Should you not have multiplied by 14 instead of 10? (Unless of course
Canada has metric stones <g)

and would it not be better to divide by 14 then multiply by 0.071429?