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Re: Stumped on the role of a particular statement in a program with Arrays & Nested For Loops

From Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk>
Newsgroups comp.lang.c
Subject Re: Stumped on the role of a particular statement in a program with Arrays & Nested For Loops
Date 2016-12-09 19:09 +0000
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On 09/12/16 19:01, James R. Kuyper wrote:
> On 12/09/2016 12:38 PM, Richard Heathfield wrote:
> ...

<snip>

>> and then at year end they'll do this:
>>
>> myfoo.balance += myfoo.interest;
>> myfoo.interest = 0.0;
>
> I'd be inclined to write that a little differently:
>
> integer_part = myfoo.interest;
> myfoo.interest -= integer_part;
> myfoo.balance += integer_part;

Whether that is in the bank's interest depends on whether it's a deposit 
account or a loan account. :-)

> In other words, the unused fractional part of the accumulated interest
> carries over to the next time period. I've no idea whether such an idea
> would be consistent with the government's rules about such things.

It would certainly be a fairer way to do things. Although I've worked at 
a couple of banks, I've never been involved in year end stuff, so I 
haven't seen how they actually do this, but the above represents the 
basic idea (quite possibly including your mod).

-- 
Richard Heathfield
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Stumped on the role of a particular statement in a program with Arrays & Nested For Loops Potomac <ravine557@gmail.com> - 2016-12-05 06:32 -0800
  Re: Stumped on the role of a particular statement in a program with Arrays & Nested For Loops Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> - 2016-12-05 08:34 -0700
    Re: Stumped on the role of a particular statement in a program with Arrays & Nested For Loops Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2016-12-05 15:43 +0000
      Re: Stumped on the role of a particular statement in a program with Arrays & Nested For Loops Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> - 2016-12-05 10:41 -0700
  Re: Stumped on the role of a particular statement in a program with Arrays & Nested For Loops Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2016-12-05 15:37 +0000
  Re: Stumped on the role of a particular statement in a program with Arrays & Nested For Loops John Bode <jfbode1029@gmail.com> - 2016-12-05 10:43 -0800
    Re: Stumped on the role of a particular statement in a program with Arrays & Nested For Loops potomac <ravine557@gmail.com> - 2016-12-07 01:13 -0800
      Re: Stumped on the role of a particular statement in a program with Arrays & Nested For Loops Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2016-12-07 10:55 +0000
        Re: Stumped on the role of a particular statement in a program with Arrays & Nested For Loops Philip Lantz <prl@canterey.us> - 2016-12-07 20:34 -0800
          Re: Stumped on the role of a particular statement in a program with Arrays & Nested For Loops Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2016-12-08 11:08 +0000
    Re: Stumped on the role of a particular statement in a program with Arrays & Nested For Loops Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2016-12-08 08:23 +1300
  Re: Stumped on the role of a particular statement in a program with Arrays & Nested For Loops potomac <ravine557@gmail.com> - 2016-12-07 01:07 -0800
    Re: Stumped on the role of a particular statement in a program with Arrays & Nested For Loops Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> - 2016-12-07 08:46 -0700
      Re: Stumped on the role of a particular statement in a program with Arrays & Nested For Loops Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2016-12-07 16:23 +0000
  Re: Stumped on the role of a particular statement in a program with Arrays & Nested For Loops potomac <ravine557@gmail.com> - 2016-12-07 01:12 -0800
    Re: Stumped on the role of a particular statement in a program with Arrays & Nested For Loops Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> - 2016-12-07 08:49 -0700
    Re: Stumped on the role of a particular statement in a program with Arrays & Nested For Loops John Bode <jfbode1029@gmail.com> - 2016-12-07 15:07 -0800
  Re: Stumped on the role of a particular statement in a program with Arrays & Nested For Loops potomac <ravine557@gmail.com> - 2016-12-07 03:46 -0800
    Re: Stumped on the role of a particular statement in a program with Arrays & Nested For Loops Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2016-12-07 11:59 +0000
    Re: Stumped on the role of a particular statement in a program with Arrays & Nested For Loops Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2016-12-07 12:05 +0000
      Re: Stumped on the role of a particular statement in a program with Arrays & Nested For Loops Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2016-12-07 09:40 -0800
        Re: Stumped on the role of a particular statement in a program with Arrays & Nested For Loops Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2016-12-07 15:13 -0500
          Re: Stumped on the role of a particular statement in a program with Arrays & Nested For Loops Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2016-12-07 20:24 +0000
            Re: Stumped on the role of a particular statement in a program with Arrays & Nested For Loops Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2016-12-07 16:28 -0500
              Re: Stumped on the role of a particular statement in a program with Arrays & Nested For Loops Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2016-12-07 21:48 +0000
                Re: Stumped on the role of a particular statement in a program with Arrays & Nested For Loops Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2016-12-07 17:02 -0500
                Re: Stumped on the role of a particular statement in a program with Arrays & Nested For Loops Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2016-12-07 22:19 +0000
                Re: Stumped on the role of a particular statement in a program with Arrays & Nested For Loops Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2016-12-07 17:27 -0500
                Re: Stumped on the role of a particular statement in a program with Arrays & Nested For Loops Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2016-12-07 22:51 +0000
                Re: Stumped on the role of a particular statement in a program with Arrays & Nested For Loops Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2016-12-08 09:10 -0500
                Re: Stumped on the role of a particular statement in a program with Arrays & Nested For Loops Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2016-12-08 14:13 +0000
                Re: Stumped on the role of a particular statement in a program with Arrays & Nested For Loops David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2016-12-08 15:57 +0100
                Re: Stumped on the role of a particular statement in a program with Arrays & Nested For Loops Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2016-12-08 18:02 +1300
                Re: Stumped on the role of a particular statement in a program with Arrays & Nested For Loops Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2016-12-08 08:48 -0800
          Re: Stumped on the role of a particular statement in a program with Arrays & Nested For Loops jameskuyper@verizon.net - 2016-12-07 15:33 -0800
            Re: Stumped on the role of a particular statement in a program with Arrays & Nested For Loops Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2016-12-08 09:13 -0500
              Re: Stumped on the role of a particular statement in a program with Arrays & Nested For Loops Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2016-12-08 14:22 +0000
                Re: Stumped on the role of a particular statement in a program with Arrays & Nested For Loops David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2016-12-08 16:03 +0100
                Re: Stumped on the role of a particular statement in a program with Arrays & Nested For Loops Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2016-12-08 10:44 -0500
                Re: Stumped on the role of a particular statement in a program with Arrays & Nested For Loops Melzzzzz <Melzzzzz@zzzzz.com> - 2016-12-08 15:48 +0000
                Re: Stumped on the role of a particular statement in a program with Arrays & Nested For Loops Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2016-12-08 21:41 -0500
                Re: Stumped on the role of a particular statement in a program with Arrays & Nested For Loops Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2016-12-08 16:16 +0000
                Re: Stumped on the role of a particular statement in a program with Arrays & Nested For Loops Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2016-12-08 21:47 -0500
                Re: Stumped on the role of a particular statement in a program with Arrays & Nested For Loops jameskuyper@verizon.net - 2016-12-08 20:16 -0800
                Re: Stumped on the role of a particular statement in a program with Arrays & Nested For Loops David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2016-12-09 11:19 +0100
                Re: Stumped on the role of a particular statement in a program with Arrays & Nested For Loops supercat@casperkitty.com - 2016-12-09 08:00 -0800
                Re: Stumped on the role of a particular statement in a program with Arrays & Nested For Loops Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2016-12-13 13:10 -0800
                Re: Stumped on the role of a particular statement in a program with Arrays & Nested For Loops jameskuyper@verizon.net - 2016-12-13 13:55 -0800
                Re: Stumped on the role of a particular statement in a program with Arrays & Nested For Loops Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2016-12-15 01:13 -0800
                Re: Stumped on the role of a particular statement in a program with Arrays & Nested For Loops jameskuyper@verizon.net - 2016-12-15 07:02 -0800
                Re: Stumped on the role of a particular statement in a program with Arrays & Nested For Loops Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2016-12-15 19:56 -0800
                Re: Stumped on the role of a particular statement in a program with Arrays & Nested For Loops supercat@casperkitty.com - 2016-12-18 10:00 -0800
                Re: Stumped on the role of a particular statement in a program with Arrays & Nested For Loops supercat@casperkitty.com - 2016-12-14 11:45 -0800
                Re: Stumped on the role of a particular statement in a program with Arrays & Nested For Loops Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2016-12-14 12:14 -0800
                Re: Stumped on the role of a particular statement in a program with Arrays & Nested For Loops Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2016-12-15 01:24 -0800
                Re: Stumped on the role of a particular statement in a program with Arrays & Nested For Loops supercat@casperkitty.com - 2016-12-15 08:02 -0800
                Re: Stumped on the role of a particular statement in a program with Arrays & Nested For Loops Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2016-12-15 12:10 -0800
                Re: Stumped on the role of a particular statement in a program with Arrays & Nested For Loops Philip Lantz <prl@canterey.us> - 2016-12-16 20:00 -0800
                Re: Stumped on the role of a particular statement in a program with Arrays & Nested For Loops Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2016-12-09 11:05 -0500
                Re: Stumped on the role of a particular statement in a program with Arrays & Nested For Loops Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2016-12-09 16:21 +0000
                Re: Stumped on the role of a particular statement in a program with Arrays & Nested For Loops jameskuyper@verizon.net - 2016-12-09 13:10 -0800
                Re: Stumped on the role of a particular statement in a program with Arrays & Nested For Loops Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2016-12-09 23:44 -0500
                Re: Stumped on the role of a particular statement in a program with Arrays & Nested For Loops supercat@casperkitty.com - 2016-12-10 10:18 -0800
                Re: Stumped on the role of a particular statement in a program with Arrays & Nested For Loops Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2016-12-11 16:18 -0500
                Re: Stumped on the role of a particular statement in a program with Arrays & Nested For Loops Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2016-12-09 08:26 +0000
                Re: Stumped on the role of a particular statement in a program with Arrays & Nested For Loops Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2016-12-09 11:15 -0500
                Re: Stumped on the role of a particular statement in a program with Arrays & Nested For Loops Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2016-12-09 16:31 +0000
                Re: Stumped on the role of a particular statement in a program with Arrays & Nested For Loops Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2016-12-09 23:47 -0500
                Re: Stumped on the role of a particular statement in a program with Arrays & Nested For Loops Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2016-12-11 16:05 +0000
                Re: Stumped on the role of a particular statement in a program with Arrays & Nested For Loops Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2016-12-11 16:21 -0500
                Re: Stumped on the role of a particular statement in a program with Arrays & Nested For Loops Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2016-12-11 23:15 +0000
                Re: Stumped on the role of a particular statement in a program with Arrays & Nested For Loops Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2016-12-11 18:57 -0500
                Re: Stumped on the role of a particular statement in a program with Arrays & Nested For Loops Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2016-12-12 00:05 +0000
                Re: Stumped on the role of a particular statement in a program with Arrays & Nested For Loops Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2016-12-11 21:09 -0500
                Re: Stumped on the role of a particular statement in a program with Arrays & Nested For Loops Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2016-12-12 08:25 +0000
                Re: Stumped on the role of a particular statement in a program with Arrays & Nested For Loops Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2016-12-10 07:59 -0800
                Re: Stumped on the role of a particular statement in a program with Arrays & Nested For Loops jameskuyper@verizon.net - 2016-12-08 13:51 -0800
              Re: Stumped on the role of a particular statement in a program with Arrays & Nested For Loops jameskuyper@verizon.net - 2016-12-08 13:34 -0800
                Re: Stumped on the role of a particular statement in a program with Arrays & Nested For Loops Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2016-12-08 21:52 -0500
                Re: Stumped on the role of a particular statement in a program with Arrays & Nested For Loops jameskuyper@verizon.net - 2016-12-08 19:33 -0800
                Re: Stumped on the role of a particular statement in a program with Arrays & Nested For Loops Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2016-12-09 11:20 -0500
                Re: Stumped on the role of a particular statement in a program with Arrays & Nested For Loops jameskuyper@verizon.net - 2016-12-09 13:28 -0800
                Re: Stumped on the role of a particular statement in a program with Arrays & Nested For Loops Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2016-12-09 23:51 -0500
                Re: Stumped on the role of a particular statement in a program with Arrays & Nested For Loops Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2016-12-09 16:46 +0000
                Re: Stumped on the role of a particular statement in a program with Arrays & Nested For Loops "James R. Kuyper" <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2016-12-09 13:55 -0500
        Re: Stumped on the role of a particular statement in a program with Arrays & Nested For Loops Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2016-12-07 20:17 +0000
          Re: Stumped on the role of a particular statement in a program with Arrays & Nested For Loops Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2016-12-07 12:23 -0800
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    Re: Stumped on the role of a particular statement in a program with Arrays & Nested For Loops Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> - 2016-12-07 08:55 -0700
      Re: Stumped on the role of a particular statement in a program with Arrays & Nested For Loops Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2016-12-07 16:23 +0000
        Re: Stumped on the role of a particular statement in a program with Arrays & Nested For Loops Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> - 2016-12-07 10:56 -0700
  Re: Stumped on the role of a particular statement in a program with Arrays & Nested For Loops potomac <ravine557@gmail.com> - 2016-12-07 04:14 -0800
    Re: Stumped on the role of a particular statement in a program with Arrays & Nested For Loops Barry Schwarz <schwarzb@dqel.com> - 2016-12-07 11:03 -0800
  Re: Stumped on the role of a particular statement in a program with Arrays & Nested For Loops John Bode <jfbode1029@gmail.com> - 2016-12-09 08:06 -0800
    Re: Stumped on the role of a particular statement in a program with Arrays & Nested For Loops Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2016-12-09 09:23 -0800
      Re: Stumped on the role of a particular statement in a program with Arrays & Nested For Loops Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2016-12-09 17:38 +0000
        Re: Stumped on the role of a particular statement in a program with Arrays & Nested For Loops "James R. Kuyper" <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2016-12-09 14:01 -0500
          Re: Stumped on the role of a particular statement in a program with Arrays & Nested For Loops Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2016-12-09 19:09 +0000
            Re: Stumped on the role of a particular statement in a program with Arrays & Nested For Loops Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> - 2016-12-09 12:38 -0700
        Re: Stumped on the role of a particular statement in a program with Arrays & Nested For Loops Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2016-12-10 00:08 -0500
          Re: Stumped on the role of a particular statement in a program with Arrays & Nested For Loops Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2016-12-10 00:16 -0500
      Re: Stumped on the role of a particular statement in a program with Arrays & Nested For Loops Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2016-12-09 23:59 -0500
        Re: Stumped on the role of a particular statement in a program with Arrays & Nested For Loops Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2016-12-10 11:51 +0000
          Re: Stumped on the role of a particular statement in a program with Arrays & Nested For Loops Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2016-12-11 16:22 -0500
            Re: Stumped on the role of a particular statement in a program with Arrays & Nested For Loops Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2016-12-11 21:52 +0000
              Re: Stumped on the role of a particular statement in a program with Arrays & Nested For Loops Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2016-12-11 22:32 -0500
                Re: Stumped on the role of a particular statement in a program with Arrays & Nested For Loops Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2016-12-12 04:18 +0000

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