use warnings; for(10.1, 10.2, 10.3, 10.4, 10.5, 10.6, 10.7, 10.8, 10.9) { printf "%.18g\n", $_; } __END__ Outputs: 10.0999999999999996 10.1999999999999993 10.3000000000000007 10.4000000000000004 10.5 10.5999999999999996 10.6999999999999993 10.8000000000000007 10.9000000000000004