SPUG: Working with currency

[Jay Scherrer]

Is the problem within the actual calculations or the display?
Perl does quite good at math by itself. And the built in print format 
sprintf works rather well. ex: sprintf(%0.2f);

Jay Scherrer
Bookkeeping and Tax Service



Michael R. Wolf wrote:
> I've got some students in class this week whose process was halted 
> because they were off by $0.02 in their $3M totals.
> 
> A quick CPAN search unearthed Math::Currency.  If anyone has experience 
> with it, I'd appreciate a quick "thumbs up" or "thumbs down" quick 
> poll.  I'd also appreciate any quick pointers to useful modules or 
> practices (or anti-recommendations or anti-patterns).
> 
> I don't need a *description of the problem*.  I understand the 
> limitations of software and hardware.  What I'm looking for is some 
> pointers to *pre-existing solutions*.
> 
> Thanks,
> Michael
> 
> P.S.  I'm not making up the "2 cents" part.  It sounds so cliche, but 
> it's the real figure.  Go figure!!!
>