From:	Jason Pruim	Date:	Fri May  9 11:29:20 2008
Subject:	Re: Why doesn't working with array's ever stick in my thick head?

Hey tedd


On May 9, 2008, at 1:21 PM, tedd wrote:

> At 12:56 PM -0400 5/9/08, Jason Pruim wrote:
>> Hi Everyone,
>>
>> SO it's friday, I'm tired, and I can't seem to think straight... I  
>> am attempting to do some very basic math with some arrays... Here's  
>> the pseudo code that I'm working with:
>>
>> NumberOfPieces * PieceWeight = TotalWeight
>>
>> explode total weight to get tenth's of pounds, then divide tenth's  
>> of pounds by 16 to grab ounces.
>
> What??
>
> Why do you want tenth's of pounds? Just divide pounds by 16 and  
> you'll get ounces.

It's actually for a weight calculator that we use for some of our  
mailings. when you take .226 and multiply that by 464 you get 104.864  
ounces.

I need to be able to display that as: 6 # 13.824 Ounces.
>
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>> Display TotalWeight # Exploded Ounces.
>>
>> Which I have working just fine for a single set of boxes...
>>
>> My problem is I want to be able to automatically add say 50 boxes  
>> in a form to process the weight of each route...
>
> How much does each box weight and how many boxes? That's all you need.

the routes can have anywhere from 1 piece to 800+ pieces.  and we can  
have as few as 1 route to as many as 50 or 60+


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>> So what I need to do is probably use some kind of a counter to loop  
>> through my $RoutePieces array and multiply by the $PieceWeight?  
>> $PieceWeight is a static number.
>
> Is $PieceWeight is a static number?
>
> The last time I checked, the cost per oz for shipping depends upon  
> the weight. The more weight, the less the cost per ounce. Is that  
> not true?

Normally yes, but not in this case :) I'm using it so I don't have to  
sit there and count out 464 postcards. I can just throw them on my  
scale and get the total weight.

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> As for the code, that's pretty simple.

Then it's a simple "It's a friday thing" for me... My wife keeps  
rubbing in that today is her last day of work until mid august... :P


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