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Re^3: sprintf rounding convention

by kennethk (Abbot)
on Oct 30, 2009 at 22:24 UTC ( [id://804228]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Re^2: sprintf rounding convention
in thread sprintf rounding convention

Now I'm confused:

$ perl -v This is perl, v5.8.8 built for x86_64-linux-gnu-thread-multi $ perl -e 'printf "%.2f\n%.2f\n", 0.335, 1.335;' 0.34 1.33

and

C:\>perl -v This is perl, v5.8.9 built for MSWin32-x86-multi-thread (with 9 registered patches, see perl -V for more detail) C:\>perl -e "printf qq{%.2f\n%.2f\n}, 0.335, 1.335;" 0.34 1.34

Am I missing something (as usual)?

Update:

Following ikegami's suggestion, I tried increasing the precision to 40 digits, and got:

$ perl -v This is perl, v5.8.8 built for x86_64-linux-gnu-thread-multi $ perl -e 'printf "%.40f\n%.40f\n", 0.335, 1.335;' 0.3350000000000000199840144432528177276254 1.3349999999999999644728632119949907064438 C:\>perl -v This is perl, v5.8.9 built for MSWin32-x86-multi-thread (with 9 registered patches, see perl -V for more detail) C:\>perl -e "printf qq{%.40f\n%.40f\n}, 0.335, 1.335;" 0.3350000000000000200000000000000000000000 1.3350000000000000000000000000000000000000

It looks like this variation is just an artifact of 64-bit vs. 32-bit, emphasizing how you should never rely on precise results from rounding.

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Re^4: sprintf rounding convention
by Joost (Canon) on Oct 30, 2009 at 23:14 UTC
Re^4: sprintf rounding convention
by ikegami (Patriarch) on Oct 31, 2009 at 01:48 UTC

    I bet perl -e'printf "%.40e\n", 0.335' gives 0.334999... on the system that rounded to 1.33. Let me know if not.

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