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SYMPTOMSWhen you run a Visual Basic for Applications macro that performs numeric calculations that result in a decimal value, the result that is returned may be incorrect. For example, for the following calculation n = 301.84 - 301Visual Basic for Applications returns 0.839999999999975. The correct result is 0.84. WORKAROUND
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For more information about using the Format function, click the Office
Assistant in the Visual Basic Editor, type Format Function, click Search, and then click to view the "Format
Function" topic.
NOTE: If the Assistant is hidden, click the Office Assistant button on the Standard toolbar. If Visual Basic for Applications Help is not installed on your computer, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: Q120802 Office: How to Add/Remove a Single Office Program or Component STATUSMicrosoft is researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available. MORE INFORMATIONFor additional information, please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: Q126455 How to Avoid Rounding & Overflow Probs on Pentium Processors Q42980 (Complete) Tutorial to Understand IEEE Floating-Point Errors Q69333 How to Work Around Floating-Point Accuracy/Comparison Problems Additional query words: wordcon word8 word97 8.00 8.0 vb vbe vba xlvbainfo
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