I'm working on a survey using the build tool, and I'm would like to
calculate a percentage based on previous responses
Specifically
Q1. Average live weight
Q2. Average carcass weight
Q3. Dressed percentage
For question 3, I want to display the calculation of CarcassWt/LiveWt as a
percentage, and use the acknowledge button to accept (or swipe back and
edit earlier responses)
in the binding section for Q3, I'm using
type="decimal" calculate="(/data/CarcasWt) div
(/data/LiveWt) * (100)"/>
But I'm getting results like 0.87736256333862
I know it needs some sort of constraint language, but what will give me a
percentage with only 2 decimal places? I don't even care rounded up or
down.....
Thanks all.!
Ruth
There is a round(field, power-of-ten) function. For integer percentages,
you would use:
type="decimal" calculate="round( (/data/CarcasWt) div (/data/LiveWt) * (100) , 0)"/>
https://opendatakit.org/help/form-design/binding/ (similar to Excel).
Unfortunately, while the round() is handled with precision in the numeric
value, for some of these values, when they are displayed as a string, they
end up having a chain of zeros followed by non-zero values (e.g.,
1.330000021).
This is because some values are not representable in a binary number system
(e.g., 1/3), and because there is an inconsistency somewhere in the forms
processor when it converts these values into strings for display.
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On Wed, Apr 27, 2016 at 12:22 PM, Ruth Little wrote:
I'm working on a survey using the build tool, and I'm would like to
calculate a percentage based on previous responses
Specifically
Q1. Average live weight
Q2. Average carcass weight
Q3. Dressed percentage
For question 3, I want to display the calculation of CarcassWt/LiveWt as a
percentage, and use the acknowledge button to accept (or swipe back and
edit earlier responses)
in the binding section for Q3, I'm using
type="decimal" calculate="(/data/CarcasWt) div
(/data/LiveWt) * (100)"/>
But I'm getting results like 0.87736256333862
I know it needs some sort of constraint language, but what will give me a
percentage with only 2 decimal places? I don't even care rounded up or
down.....
Thanks all.!
Ruth
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Mitch Sundt
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Hi? I worked around percentage formatting by performing the calculation e.g
${Q1} div ${Q2} * 100, Then i referenced the calculation like this,
${percentage_calculation}%.
It serves the purpose now.
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On 27 Apr 2016 22:22, "Ruth Little" wrote:
I'm working on a survey using the build tool, and I'm would like to
calculate a percentage based on previous responses
Specifically
Q1. Average live weight
Q2. Average carcass weight
Q3. Dressed percentage
For question 3, I want to display the calculation of CarcassWt/LiveWt as a
percentage, and use the acknowledge button to accept (or swipe back and
edit earlier responses)
in the binding section for Q3, I'm using
type="decimal" calculate="(/data/CarcasWt) div
(/data/LiveWt) * (100)"/>
But I'm getting results like 0.87736256333862
I know it needs some sort of constraint language, but what will give me a
percentage with only 2 decimal places? I don't even care rounded up or
down.....
Thanks all.!
Ruth
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Hi
Would you give me an example for this percentage calculation in an excel sheet.
This should be the correct answer, and I'm a bit unclear why you added the caveat. round(1 div 3 * 100,0) will give you "33" [no decimal places], round(1 div 3 * 100,1) will give you "33.3" [1 decimal place], etc. Could you give an example where this will produce an unexpected result?
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Thanks so much, your steps helped me