So, I was working on this project where I needed to figure out the percentages within table cells. It was a real head-scratcher at first. I mean, I had this table full of numbers, and I needed to show them as percentages of something, you know?
I started by looking at the numbers in the table. Each number was in a <td> tag, which stands for table data. I realized I needed to compare these numbers to some value to get a percentage. This value could be a total or a maximum number in another cell, it could be anything, really.
- First, I went through each row (<tr> tag) of the table, one by one.
- Then, inside each row, I looked specifically at the third cell (the third <td>). It is where I know what I need to compare to.
- For each number I found in that third cell, I checked if it was greater than or equal to a certain percentage.
I also found out about this “annual percentage yield” thing, or APY. Apparently, it’s a big deal in savings accounts. I saw that some savings account offers a 3.75% APY. That’s pretty high! It made me think about how banks calculate interest. I learned that the interest rate is the same no matter how much money you have in the account. It is good to know I guess.
Now, back to my table problem. Calculating percentages can be tricky, especially when you’re dealing with a bunch of numbers in a table. I messed around with some basic math, I figured that if I multiply the result by 100, I could display it as a percentage. It was a bit of trial and error, but it worked!
After doing all this, I felt pretty good about myself. I mean, I turned a bunch of raw numbers into something more meaningful. This is what I like, making sense of data. And that’s my little story for today, hope you found it interesting!
