I always do the val() on the set whenever it's got a math operation. <cfset c = val(a - b) />
Then c will be good from here on. Greg On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 10:25 PM, James Holmes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Add this to your demo: > > Is val(c) EQ val(6.2): #val(c) EQ val(6.2)# <br /> > > Val() sorts this out for you. > > On Sat, Jul 26, 2008 at 4:19 AM, Qasim Rasheed wrote: > > One of my fellow developer discovered some weird behaviour with > ColdFusion > > number manipulation. Here is an example > > > > <cfset a = 26.2 /> > > <cfset b = 20 /> > > <cfset c = a - b /> > > <cfoutput> > > Value of c: #c# <br /> > > Is c EQ 6.2: #c EQ 6.2# <br /> > > ToString on c: #c.toString()# <br /> > > </cfoutput> > > > > If you run this piece of code the first value will be 6.2, second will be > a > > NO and then toString will result in 6.199999999999999. > > > > Isn't this a simple subtraction? > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:309753 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
