> I am trimming this question down to the nitty gritty for > simplicity's sake:
> Why does this javascript: > var price = 3 * 12.95; > give me this result: > 38.849999999999994 > ? > God I hate javascript. > Ray Because JavaScript gurus responsible for writing the engines that interpret it are the sort of people who think that accurate math will give you a repeating decimal value if you divide 5 by 2. :P Though I believe javascript has a Math.round() function or the like... Yep... there it is... try this: Math.round(100 * (3 * 12.95))/100 Hopefully it won't return the decimal when dividing by 10. s. isaac dealey 954.522.6080 new epoch : isn't it time for a change? add features without fixtures with the onTap open source framework http://www.fusiontap.com http://coldfusion.sys-con.com/author/4806Dealey.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Flash for programmers - Flash MX Pro http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=56 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:160034 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
