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January 29, 2024
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RE: Difference of two ratio numbers

  • January 29, 2024
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Hi ,

I need some calculation logic in appain that gives difference of ration numbers example shown below in the screenshot.

Can someone help me to write the logic for this on priority?

Here actual and threshold values are user inputs based on those inputs variance col data to be shown .

    31 replies

    harshitb6843
    January 29, 2024

    You can create rule inputs for ratio1 and ratio2. 

    a!localVariables(
      local!ratio1: "3:1",
      local!ratio2: "2:1",
      local!ratio1Array: split(local!ratio1, ":"),
      local!ratio2Array: split(local!ratio2, ":"),
      local!lcm: lcm(
        local!ratio1Array[2],
        local!ratio2Array[2]
      ),
      concat(
        (
          local!ratio1Array[1] * (local!lcm / local!ratio1Array[2])
        ) - (
          local!ratio2Array[1] * (local!lcm / local!ratio2Array[2])
        ),
        "/",
        local!lcm
      )
    )

    harshitb6843
    January 29, 2024

    A more refined code for handling when the number is completely divisible. 

    a!localVariables(
      local!ratio1: "3:4",
      local!ratio2: "5:6",
      local!ratio1Array: split(local!ratio1, ":"),
      local!ratio2Array: split(local!ratio2, ":"),
      local!lcm: lcm(
        local!ratio1Array[2],
        local!ratio2Array[2]
      ),
      local!numerator: (
        local!ratio1Array[1] * (local!lcm / local!ratio1Array[2])
      ) - (
        local!ratio2Array[1] * (local!lcm / local!ratio2Array[2])
      ),
      if(
        mod(local!numerator, local!lcm) = 0,
        local!numerator / local!lcm,
        concat(local!numerator, "/", local!lcm)
      )
    )

    January 30, 2024

    Thanks it really helped.