[jdjlist] Re: Double multiplication

[Ivan Bradac]

Hi all   thanks for all your answers. I will try to switch to BigDecimal.   Thanks again   Ivan ----- Original Message ----- From: Ivan Bradac To: JDJList Sent: Thursday, September 19, 2002 4:31 PM Subject: [jdjlist] Double multiplication Hi   I have written a sample test program: .........   public static void main (String args[])      {         Double             op1 = new Double(12.0),             op2 = new Double(1E-9),             res = new Double ( op1.doubleValue()*op2.doubleValue() );                 System.out.println("op1: " + op1);         System.out.println("op2: " + op2);         System.out.println("res: " + res);     } The output is:   op1: 12.0000000001 op2: 1.0E-9 res: 1.2000000000100001E-8 What the @!# is going on?   How can I fix this?   Any help appreciated.   Thanks   Ivan To change your JDJList options, please visit: http://www.sys-con.com/java/list.cfm To change your JDJList options, please visit: http://www.sys-con.com/java/list.cfm