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How do i break a number down into a percentage (0 - 100%)? Details inside...

Answer 1

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If N is the goal, and X is the number of people that have signed so far, then the percentage is (X/N)*100.

duffymo 2010-05-04 19:51:52

Answer 2

+1 A:

Just

percentage = number/160000 * 100

David Zaslavsky 2010-05-04 19:51:58

Answer 3

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...you can't convert a number to a percentage?

$percent = ($currentNumber / 160000) * 100;

If you don't want a float answer you can just cast or round it however you'd like.

Paul 2010-05-04 19:52:04

Answer 4

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160,000/160,000 = 1 = 100%

160,000/2 = 0.5 = 50%

Given this, the calculation should be easy. The numerator is the number completed and the denominator is the "goal" -- the total to complete.

So once you are 80,000 you'd be 50% complete and your progress bar would render as such.

If you need to work with smaller numbers, divide everything by 100 or 1000 and you can reduce the size of the numbers in a relevant manor.

160,000 / 1000 = 160 160 would be your denominator. So than 50% would be 80/160. Does this make sense?

Frank V 2010-05-04 19:52:05

I think you should reconsider the top formula, while I think I know what you mean, it is in no way clear. And as it stands arguably incorrect.

TommyA 2010-05-04 20:37:10

I understand that to turn "1" in to "100", I'd need to multiply it by 100, however mathematically, I believe I'm right when I say `1=100%`.

Frank V 2010-05-04 21:45:18

You are correct that 160,000 is equal to a 100% in the described case. So the top formula is arguably correct, however that was not the one I was referring to. The second line formula is more confusing than it is helpful. I would suggest writing `80,000/160,000`=`0.5`=`50%` to keep in line with the top formula.

TommyA 2010-05-05 12:23:05

Thank you for the feedback. I've made the change. I guess I was thinking that after the first line, one could skip the middle step but for clarity, I see how illustrating it can help. Again, thanks.

Frank V 2010-05-05 18:40:51

@Frank: I think your example is more confusing than it is helpful.

Mark 2010-05-05 18:48:14

Answer 5

+5 A:

Percentage calculation is basic mathematics:

$total = 160000;
$current = 12345;
$percentage = $current/$total * 100;

Gumbo 2010-05-04 19:52:37

Answer 6

A:

Do it Microsoft style:

current = 12345
percentage = 100*(1-exp(-current/100000))

2010-05-04 20:30:29

That's bizarre. You shouldn't need to do that.

staticsan 2010-05-05 03:10:20

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