[Tutor] Want to keep to two decimal places for currency

[Marc Tompkins]

On Thu, Oct 24, 2013 at 1:21 PM, Marc Tompkins <marc.tompkins at gmail.com>wrote:

> On Thu, Oct 24, 2013 at 11:25 AM, bob gailer <bgailer at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On 10/24/2013 2:09 PM, Danny Yoo wrote:
>>
>>> Related: I saw a picture the other day on Google+ of an mailing envelope
>>> whose zip code was written in scientific notation.
>>>
>> That;s odd - since ZIP codes are character, not integer,
>>
>
> You'd like to think that, wouldn't you?  I've dealt with a disturbing
> number of programs (some of them from big enough names that you'd think
> they'd know better) that chose to represent zip codes as integers.  You'd
> think that the fact that some of them have to be zero-filled would be a big
> clue... but no.
>

Zip+4 is a HUGE hassle for programs that have chosen to do things this
way...  Zip+4 has always been optional, but the 5010 format for healthcare
billing now requires that all zip codes (except patient's actual home
addresses) be represented in 9 glorious digits... that's made a bunch of
people scramble, let me tell you!
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