Hi there, I have a problem trying to work out a percentages and I’m wondering if anyone has run in to the same problem. I have a table that looks like this - [Screenshot 2022-04-29 at 1.24.35 PM] What I’m trying to to is find out what percentage of 100 is the upvotes to downvotes. So to do that I’m using the following formula - 1 Upvote / 5 total votes = 0.2 * 100 = 20%. I’m correct on the maths but I can’t use parenthesis in bubble so my figures are coming out wrong. Does anyone know a work around for this?

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You can also use an Arbitrary text: converted to number where the Arbitrary text contains a bracketed expression to simulate parenthesis.

Needing parenthesis in equation to work out percentage

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mikeloc April 30, 2022, 12:06am 2

It’s your lucky day, @frazer.findlater!

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