[GNC] problem setting the price of a share

[Christian Pinedo Zamalloa]

Hi David,

I also agree with you that the fractional format is more difficult to read
than decimal and I also hope to return to decimal format or at least to be
able to choose between decimal or fractional format.

Regarding my problem with price, I insert the number of shares, the prices
(in decimal format) and press enter. The decimal formal is converted to
fractional format, but fractional number is not the same that I inserted
before. :-(

Any idea?

--
Christian Pinedo Zamalloa (zako)
Sent from my mobile device, please excuse brevity or typos

El sáb., 15 sept. 2018 14:49, David Carlson <david.carlson.417 at gmail.com>
escribió:

> Christian Pinedo Zamalloa
>
> You have discovered that it is impossible to have all three values shares,
> price and total exactly as reported by your broker because he usually has
> to round off one of the numbers.  The solution is to let GnuCash set the
> price after you enter the number of shares and the total amount.  Actually,
> GnuCash is closer to being correct than your broker is.
>
> You have also discovered that in release 3.3 GnuCash shows the number of
> shares in fractional format, which has the technical advantage of being
> very accurate, if very hard to read.  I believe that in the future GnuCash
> may be changed back to show the number of shares in decimal format to be
> easier to read, if less accurate.
>
> David C
>
>
>
> On Sat, Sep 15, 2018 at 4:16 AM Christian Pinedo Zamalloa <
> chr.pinedo at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I have problems to set the correct price of a share that I am selling.
>>
>> I try to put the value "128,181208053691" which is automatically converted
>> by GnuCash when i push enter key to "128 + 64/377" whose real value is
>> "128,169761". Furthermore, I checked if I insert value "1", it is
>> automatically converted by GnuCash to value "1+3/377" (1,007958).
>>
>> I don't know how to solve this mesh. Am I doing something wrong?
>>
>> --
>> zako
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