Postive total price required when commodity count is negative, why?

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Allan Odgaard

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Jul 3, 2021, 7:22:21 AM7/3/21
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While creating ledger entries for selling stock, I found that giving the total price when the quantity is negative, requires that the total price be positive, as shown in the entry below.

I wonder what the logic is behind this? Should the item be read as -(2 "SKU#001" @@ 200.00)?

2021-06-03 (RCPT#00001) John Doe | Cash purchase

    Assets:Cash                                   230

    Income:Sales                                 -230

    Expenses:Cost of Inventory                    200

    Assets:Inventory              -2 "SKU#001" @@ 200

Simon Michael

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Jul 3, 2021, 2:12:03 PM7/3/21
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From memory: yes, it should be read that way. This is to keep things simple, so there's no confusion about the meaning of a negative price, and the resulting four possible combinations of amount and price signs. 



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