topic Dividing &quot;evenly&quot; - Nothing below 2dp in SAS Programming https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Dividing-quot-evenly-quot-Nothing-below-2dp/m-p/544190#M150484 <P>Hi,</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>I have code that creates financial batch files that distribute funds from an external party. They have recently levied a 40p (or cent if this helps clarify) charge per transfer. They send a transfer that is then broken down into several accounts, Obviously this works fine for any even number up to 40, however, any time the number of accounts is odd, then the split won't be to a round pence.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Any ideas how I can include this kind of logic?</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Thanks for any help!</P> Tue, 19 Mar 2019 09:21:36 GMT Seb_A_Sanders 2019-03-19T09:21:36Z Dividing "evenly" - Nothing below 2dp https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Dividing-quot-evenly-quot-Nothing-below-2dp/m-p/544190#M150484 <P>Hi,</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>I have code that creates financial batch files that distribute funds from an external party. They have recently levied a 40p (or cent if this helps clarify) charge per transfer. They send a transfer that is then broken down into several accounts, Obviously this works fine for any even number up to 40, however, any time the number of accounts is odd, then the split won't be to a round pence.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Any ideas how I can include this kind of logic?</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Thanks for any help!</P> Tue, 19 Mar 2019 09:21:36 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Dividing-quot-evenly-quot-Nothing-below-2dp/m-p/544190#M150484 Seb_A_Sanders 2019-03-19T09:21:36Z Re: Dividing "evenly" - Nothing below 2dp https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Dividing-quot-evenly-quot-Nothing-below-2dp/m-p/544216#M150494 <P>You need to do more planning, before any programming can take place.</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>Why would 6 accounts be able to evenly split 40p?</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>What would be a fair result?</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>Those aren't programming questions, they're planning questions.</P> Tue, 19 Mar 2019 12:39:10 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Dividing-quot-evenly-quot-Nothing-below-2dp/m-p/544216#M150494 Astounding 2019-03-19T12:39:10Z