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Re: Explain floating point arithmetic result

by starbolin (Hermit)
on Jun 04, 2008 at 20:07 UTC ( [id://690234]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??

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  1. or download this
    perl -e 'print 5.1 + 100005.2 - 100005.2'
    5.09999999997672?
    
  2. or download this
    perl -e 'print 5.1 + ( 100005.2 -100005.2 )'           [12:36pm]
    5.1
    
  3. or download this
    %perl -e ' printf "%f  %f \n", 0x186A5, ( 5.1 + 0x186A5 ) - 0x186A5'
    100005.000000  5.100000
    

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