Date:         Tue, 25 May 2004 14:36:20 -0700
Reply-To:     Dale McLerran <stringplayer_2@YAHOO.COM>
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From:         Dale McLerran <stringplayer_2@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      Re: Covetring a number to GB.
Comments: To: Kevin Clark <KClark@CMS.HHS.GOV>
In-Reply-To:  <s0b37608.095@CONEM11.CMS.HHS.GOV>
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Kevin,

Why don't you show your code.  I have no trouble formatting
GIGAXFER when GIGAXFER is computed as

    GIGAXFER = BXFER * 1073741824;

(which is the conversion you show below) or when GIGAXFER is
computed as

    GIGAXFER = BXFER / 1073741824;

Note that the latter computation would conform to your stated
problem (you state "I want to divide this [bxfer] by '1073741824'
to get gigabytes") and is the correct conversion of bytes to
gigabytes.

Dale


--- Kevin Clark <KClark@CMS.HHS.GOV> wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> My problem.
>
> I have a field BXFER  PIB8.  " number of bytes transferred" . .   I
> want to divide this field  by  "1073741824" to get gigabytes .  When
> I
> simply print BXFER I  get    3.6029E17
>
> So I try : INPUT @106  BXFER PIB8.
>
> GIGAXFER = BXFER x  1073741824;
>
> Format GIGAXFER ????????;
>
> what should my format be ?
>
> I have tried  several combinations and keep getting missing values.
>
> Kevin ( I trying to do my own homework) Clark


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Dale McLerran
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
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