Debug Bex Formula

Dear Experts,
I have written a formula in Bex using boolean operators. Now how can i possibly debug this formula?
Please help.
Tony

I have a kf called 'net amt after adjust'. I have another formula which counts the 'no. of orders'. Now i want to specify an if condition in a formula that says if 'net amt after adjust' is zero then vaue is zero else if 'net amt after adjust' not zero then result is equal to 'no. of orders'.
What i did was
('net amt after adjust' == 0) * 0 + ('net amt after adjust' <> 0) * 'no. of orders'
But the 'net amt after adjust' does not seem to equate to zero but the result is always 'no. of orders'. I tried to take the decimal places into consideration but it didnt help.
Please help.
Tony

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