On Tue 21 Nov about 08:32, Erik Huelsmann retorted in a
message to Richard Wallen about formatting output... Rexx

Hello Erik!
[...]
 RW>  start = time('e')
 RW>  rc = FtpGet(filename, filename,"binary")     /* Transfer
the file */ 
 RW> elapsed = time('e')  
 RW> calc_cps = sizehere/elapsed-start

 EH> Shouldn't this be:
 EH> calc_cps = sizehere/(elapsed-start)

 EH> instead of what you wrote:
 EH> calc_cps = (sizehere/elapsed)-start

 EH> Multiplycation/division has precedence over subtraction/addition 
 EH> (division sounds absolutely wrong, but what is the right word?) 

Ahem... I guess I got so caught up in the presentation I let the basic
concepts whoop me ;]  ... Corrected... and correct for the term used.  I
initialized a start time for 'time()', performed a function, saved the
elapsed time again... performed the calcs... then I format the output...
slap!

ending with ... 
say ' Received 'filename ', size - 'sizehere 'bytes received at '
[wrapped]format(calc_cps,5,1) 'cps')

then the output with upto 5 integers and 1 dec is displayed properly... thanks!

A little more each day...

                       Richard Wallen 
                       rgwallen{at}datasync.com 
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