Re: math error

Marshall Dudley wrote:
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> Should print the decimal part of .03, but gives this instead:
>
> 0.0300000000000002
>
> What am I doing wrong?

Using floating point arithmetic for precision calculations?
You must have missed the first lesson in computer numerics: "Thou shalt not
use floating point if expecting accurate results."

Anyway, see "perldoc -q 999" and DejaNews/Google for numerous discussions
about this topic.

jue


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