multipling value in a cell to another cell and displaying the answer in another cell

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am trying to multiply the value in one cell to another cell and display the answer in
another cell. it is working alright but it does not display answers which are decimals but
display them to the nearest whole number
e.g. 3 * 1.5 will be 5 instead of 4.5
please help me out

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for (int i = 0; i < dgvSales.Rows.Count - 1; i++)
            {
                //this.dgvSales.Rows[i].Cells["Quantity Sold"].Value = 0;
                this.dgvSales.Rows[i].Cells["Amount"].Value = Convert.ToDouble   
                (dgvSales.Rows[i].Cells["Quantity Sold"].Value) * Convert.ToDouble
                (dgvSales.Rows[i].Cells["Unit Price"].Value);

            }

Posted 6-Aug-13 6:51am

mikeoabban

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adriancs · Answer 1 · 2013-08-06T07:11:00

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for (int i = 0; i < dgvSales.Rows.Count - 1; i++)
{
    double a = Convert.ToDouble(dgvSales.Rows[i].Cells["Quantity Sold"].Value);
    double b = Convert.ToDouble(dgvSales.Rows[i].Cells["Unit Price"].Value);
    this.dgvSales.Rows[i].Cells["Amount"].Value = (a * b).ToString("0.00");
}

Posted 6-Aug-13 7:11am

adriancs

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mikeoabban 8-Aug-13 10:03am

i tried it but still does not display the answers in decimals but
display them to the nearest whole number