um... those are big floats. I don't think you can store numbers that big. > -----Original Message----- > From: John Edwards [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2002 12:00 PM > To: 'Timothy Johnson'; '[EMAIL PROTECTED] '; > '[EMAIL PROTECTED] ' > Subject: RE: Strange total from adding 2 numbers > > > No. I've just tried > > --- > $a = 68288455.49; > $b = 67947269.62; > > $c = $a - $b; > print $c; > --- > > and also get a result of > > 341185.86999999 > > Weird. > > John > > -----Original Message----- > From: Timothy Johnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 23 May 2002 17:01 > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED] '; '[EMAIL PROTECTED] ' > Subject: RE: Strange total from adding 2 numbers > > > > It looks like the negative number is being entered as a > string. How are you > entering the second Acct_Bal_Raw variable initially? -----Original > Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 5/23/02 8:47 AM > Subject: Strange total from adding 2 numbers > > Why is the addition of the numbers -67947269.62 and > 68288455.49, both with > only 2 numbers after the decimal, resulting in > 341185.86999996 where there > are 8 numbers after the decimal. I would expect the number > to simply be > 341185.87. How can i avoid this strange behavior? > > Below are 2 examples, both are shown from the debugger. > > > DB<10> x $funds_type_totals{$funds_type} > 0 68288455.49 > DB<11> x $Deposit_Acct_Bal_Raw > 0 '-67947269.62' > DB<12> s > 161: $Deposit_Acct_Bal_Raw += $funds_type_totals{$funds_type}; > DB<12> x $Deposit_Acct_Bal_Raw > 0 341185.86999996 > > > ======= > > DB<18> $l = 68288455.49 -67947269.62 > > DB<19> x $l > 0 341185.86999999 > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > --------------------------Confidentiality--------------------------. > This E-mail is confidential. It should not be read, copied, > disclosed or > used by any person other than the intended recipient. > Unauthorised use, > disclosure or copying by whatever medium is strictly > prohibited and may be > unlawful. If you have received this E-mail in error please > contact the > sender immediately and delete the E-mail from your system. > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
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