Math.Round causes results not to match

[Asdf0qwerty]

Hi everyone,

I tried to use the Math.Round function inside my UDF Add-In so that it would return a result rounded of to 2 decimal places.

Also, I have this "test table" wherein I could compare the 1.) Results From Manual (left blue column) from 2.) Results From UDF (right blue column).

I used the IF function to test e.g. =IF(CJ14=CM14,"MATCH", "NO MATCH"). I do not understand why there are "NO MATCH" results even though the columns does match. Why did this happen and what should I do to solve the problem?

1. Here's the image of my worksheet

2. Here's the return statement of my UDF

'This statement returns result into Worksheet Cell
MyCurrencyFunction = Math.Round(CDec(ComputeThis(varX, varY)), 2)

I hope anyone can help me out soon. TIA

 

[Richard Schollar]

How have you generated the values in the first column (ie NOT the UDF column)?

I would have thought a better comparison would be:

=IF(ROUND(CJ14,2)=CM14,"MATCH", "NO MATCH").

 

[Asdf0qwerty]

@Richard: Thank you for your help Richard. I do apologize for the very late reply. A lot of troubles and deliverables.

Btw, I tried what you told me, and it worked for all records except for 4 records. The results of my UDF were a 1 cent less than the value it is compared to.

Also, I found out that w/o using the Math.Round in my UDF + using your program statement in the cell, worked a 100% correct in all records.

So, is it safe to just return results from my UDF without using Math.Round? Just want to know what you think about this. Cause, well for me since it works then might as well I stick with not using Math.Round.

 

[Richard Schollar]

You probably don't need to do it in the UDF (unless you specifically want values to 2 decimal places) but any time you have floating numbers you may have trouble doing exact comparisons because of the limited precision offered by Excel (and the way computers store floating numbers).

hence, when doing comparisons to other floating numbers you should use a rounding function (on both).

 

[Asdf0qwerty]

Okay, I'll keep these in mind Richard. Again, thank you for your help and GBY :D.