<div dir="ltr">Yes, you can choose to leave the expression in that form. What I have done is simply to distribute the minus sign. The expressions are mathematically identical.<div><br></div><div>Jeff</div></div><div class="gmail_extra">
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 2:53 AM, Lyndon Mark Olaguera <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:olagueralyndonmark429@gmail.com" target="_blank">olagueralyndonmark429@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 1:06 PM, Jeff Duda <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jeffduda319@gmail.com" target="_blank">jeffduda319@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"><div>'define fcstrain = rainc.1 + rainnc.1 - rainc.1(t-1) - rainnc.1(t-1)'</div>
<div>'define obsrain = rainc.2 + rainnc.2 - rainc.2(t-1) - rainnc.2(t-1)'</div>
<div>'define rainerror = fcstrain - obsrain'</div></blockquote></div><br>Hello,</div><div class="gmail_extra">Thanks for the reply..</div><div class="gmail_extra">I have another question on this line..</div>
<div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">'define fcstrain = rainc.1 + rainnc.1 - rainc.1(t-1) - rainnc.1(t-1)'</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
'define obsrain = rainc.2 + rainnc.2 - rainc.2(t-1) - rainnc.2(t-1)'</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">'define rainerror = fcstrain - obsrain'</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">should this be </div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><div>'define fcstrain = (rainc.1 + rainnc.1) - (rainc.1(t-1) + rainnc.1(t-1))'</div>
<div>'define obsrain =( rainc.2 + rainnc.2) - (rainc.2(t-1) + rainnc.2(t-1))'</div><div><br></div><div>plus not minus?</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>I will try this later</div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888">
<div>Lyndon</div></font></span></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br></div></div></div>
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