Smith, Jeff wrote:
Which is just what you'd expect.
It's absolutey absurd to tell someone to have *NO* faith in floating
numbers. It's like anything else in programming: you have to understand
what you are doing.
Unless a float that has been through a round function I do not trus it.
That is what
Brian van den Broek wrote:
> Sean Perry said unto the world upon 2005-03-29 03:48:
>
>> Kent Johnson wrote:
>>
Not without using round. Have *NO* faith in floating points. This
is
especially true when you are creating the decimals via division and
the like.
>>>
>>> Can you be
Brian van den Broek wrote:
Sean Perry said unto the world upon 2005-03-29 03:48:
Kent Johnson wrote:
Not without using round. Have *NO* faith in floating points. This is
especially true when you are creating the decimals via division and
the like.
Can you be more specific about what kinds of prob
Sean Perry said unto the world upon 2005-03-29 03:48:
Kent Johnson wrote:
Not without using round. Have *NO* faith in floating points. This is
especially true when you are creating the decimals via division and
the like.
What?!?!
OK, floats don't necessarily have the exact values you expect (the
Kent Johnson wrote:
Not without using round. Have *NO* faith in floating points. This is
especially true when you are creating the decimals via division and
the like.
What?!?!
OK, floats don't necessarily have the exact values you expect (they may
have errors after many decimal places), and com
Sean Perry wrote:
gerardo arnaez wrote:
On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 09:27:11 -0500, orbitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
Floats are inherintly inprecise. So if thigns arn't working like you
expect don't be surprised if 0.15, 0.12, and 0.1 are closer to the same
number than you think.
Are you telling me th
gerardo arnaez wrote:
On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 09:27:11 -0500, orbitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Floats are inherintly inprecise. So if thigns arn't working like you
expect don't be surprised if 0.15, 0.12, and 0.1 are closer to the same
number than you think.
Are you telling me that I cant expect 2 d
On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 09:27:11 -0500, orbitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Floats are inherintly inprecise. So if thigns arn't working like you
> expect don't be surprised if 0.15, 0.12, and 0.1 are closer to the same
> number than you think.
Are you telling me that I cant expect 2 digit preceision?
On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 09:27:11 -0500, orbitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Floats are inherintly inprecise. So if thigns arn't working like you
> expect don't be surprised if 0.15, 0.12, and 0.1 are closer to the same
> number than you think.
However, the imprecision of floats is in the 10-12 precis
Floats are inherintly inprecise. So if thigns arn't working like you
expect don't be surprised if 0.15, 0.12, and 0.1 are closer to the same
number than you think.
On Mar 28, 2005, at 6:32 AM, Kent Johnson wrote:
gerardo arnaez wrote:
Hi all,
I am trying to get a value dependant on initial vlau
gerardo arnaez wrote:
Hi all,
I am trying to get a value dependant on initial vlaue inputed
Depending on the value, I want the functiont to return a percentage
For some reason, It seems to skip the first if state and just print
out the 1st elif
not sure what is going.
Are you sure you are passing a
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