NCalc expression.evaluate output different from when I compute the expression manually

Question

Here is my code:

Dim ex As String = "(((105 * 4000) * 0.20) - ((0 + 10000) * (105 * 4000)) / ((105 * 4000) + Round((52 * 18192.31),0))) / 24"
Dim x As New Expression(ex)
Dim result As Decimal = x.Evaluate
Console.WriteLine(result.ToString("N"))

it returns: 3,502.90, but when i compute it manually and thru excel the output I get is: 3371.888737

Here is the image of my manual computation...

Manual Computation

MBo · Accepted Answer · 2017-01-10T08:25:27.463

3,502.90 * 24 = 84089.6

It is bigger than the first addend. And the second should be positive.

But you have overflow of 32-bit integer arithmetics in this expression

(0 + 10000) * (105 * 4000) = 4 200 000 000 > 2^31-1

That is why the second addend becomes negative (and a1-(a2) > a1)

Probably it is enough to use doubles like this:

  (0.0 + 10000) * (105.0 * 4000)

P.S. You don't execute rounding in manual writing

NCalc expression.evaluate output different from when I compute the expression manually

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