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Re^3: False positive on inequality comparisonby BrowserUk (Patriarch) |
on Apr 04, 2009 at 02:07 UTC ( [id://755386]=note: print w/replies, xml ) | Need Help?? |
Can I suggest that you dump each value to a file along with some natural identifier (line number or cell ID), using:
Do this immediately after reading it into your script to ensure the minimum possibility of 'internal influences'. Then, when you encounter unexpected/unexplainable differences, dump both values in the same form, along with their original identifiers. I can't offer an explanation for how or why what you are seeing could happen, but I have seen some weirdness in Perl's internal handling of floats in the past. Dumping bit patterns is surest way I know of inspecting what is actually there. That said, you can still be fooled, as IEEE allow for the possibility of denormalised representations. That is, the bit patterns can be different but represent (exactly) the same values. Kind of like binary equivalent of 10e-6 vs. 1e-5. Anyway, if you can track what differences are being perceived, then you may be able to backtrack to where they arise. And if you can do that, an explanation of why may be obvious or forthcoming. Good luck. Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error.
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