On 11/14/06, Carlo Sogono <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I'm attempting to learn Python and have been playing around with it for
the past few days. Why is my output not too smart:
>>> 8.0 + 0.45
8.4499999999999993
However this seems ok:
>>> 0.45 + 0.55
1.0
The short answer is that floating point can't represent all values
precisely, it will, in most cases, be an approximation. For a detailed
answer, have a look here.
http://effbot.org/pyfaq/why-are-floating-point-calculations-so-inaccurate.htm
Cheers,
Tim
Cheers,
Carlo
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