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PE() - Price to earnings

Calculates price to earnings ratio.

Returns

Double value if successful. If an error occurs, this function returns a zero.

Arguments

Type
Field
Description
double
dNI
Net income
long
lShares
Outstanding shares
double
dPrice
Price per share
16 bit DLL declarations

PowerBuilder Function declaration

function double PE(double dNI, long lShares, double dPrice) library "IFL16.DLL"

Visual Basic Function declaration

Declare Function PE lib "IFL16" (ByVal dNI As Double, ByVal lShares As Long, ByVal dPrice As Double) As Double

C/C++ Synopsis

#include "function.h"

double PE(double dNI, long lShares, double dPrice)

32 bit DLL declarations

PowerBuilder Function declaration

function double PE(double dNI, long lShares, double dPrice) library "IFL32.DLL"

Visual Basic Function declaration

Declare Function PE lib "IFL32" (ByVal dNI As Double, ByVal lShares As Long, ByVal dPrice As Double) As Double

C/C++ Synopsis

#include "function.h"

double PE(double dNI, long lShares, double dPrice)

Example:

dNI
=
250,000

lShares
=
10,000

dPrice
=
10.50

Result: 0.42 (ratio)