Have you tried casting them as Strings and comparing those?
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of T. Michael Keesey > Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2006 12:23 PM > To: Flashcoders mailing list > Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Compare Decimal Point Value? > > In Flash 9, I get this for the traces: > 2.3 > 0.2999999999999998 > 0.3 > false > false > true > > Good old-fashioned floating point precision error. Instead of > testing if they are equal, You could test if the difference > between them is very small, e.g.: > > trace(Math.abs(num2 - num3) < 0.00001); // true > > On 12/6/06, Doug Coning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm scratching my head over this. Not sure what I'm doing > wrong? I > > need to compare a decimal value of a numeric field to see if it > > contains a specific value of 0.3. Here is some sample code: > > > > var num:Number = 2.3; > > var num2:Number = num - int(num); > > var num3:Number = 0.3; > > > > trace(num); // 2.3 > > trace(num2); // 0.3 > > trace(num3); // 0.3 > > trace(num2 == num3);// false > > trace(num2 > num3);// false > > trace(num2 < num3);// true > > > > Why doesn't 0.3 equal 0.3? I've replaced int with > Math.floor(), and > > it still doesn't work. I need to get the value after the decimal > > point and see if it equals 0.3. > > > > Thanks for your help. > > > > Doug Coning > > Senior Web Development Programmer > > FORUM Solutions > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > This e-mail and any attachment(s) are intended for the > specified recipient(s) only and are legally protected. If > you have received this communication in error, please "reply > to" sender's e-mail address with notification of the error > and then destroy this message in all electronic and physical forms. > > _______________________________________________ > > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > > To change your subscription options or search the archive: > > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > > > Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software > > Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training > > http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com > > > > > -- > T. Michael Keesey > The Dinosauricon: http://dino.lm.com > Parry & Carney: http://parryandcarney.com > ISPN Forum: http://www.phylonames.org/forum/ > _______________________________________________ > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > To change your subscription options or search the archive: > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software > Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training > http://www.figleaf.com > http://training.figleaf.com > _______________________________________________ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
