[GNC] problem setting the price of a share

[David Carlson]

As I stated in my reply, enter the number of shares and total amount,  Skip
the price, let GnuCash take care of that.

David C

On Sat, Sep 15, 2018 at 9:21 AM Christian Pinedo Zamalloa <
chr.pinedo at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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