[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I must be breaking some rules since I dont understand why comparison 2 is NOT
> equal and comparision 2 is equal...
Do you mean 3 on the last one above ?
> #!/usr/bin/perl -w
> use strict;
> use warnings;
>
> my $num1='2.80';
> my $num2='2.8';
> my $num3='2.80';
>
> #comparison 1
> if ($num1 == $num2) {
> print "The values are equal\n";
> } else {
> print "The values are NOT equal\n";
> }
>
> #comparison 2
> if ($num1 == ($num3 - .01)) {
> print "The values are equal\n";
> } else {
> print "The values are NOT equal\n";
> }
>
> #comparison 3
> if (equal($num1,($num3 - .01),2)) {
> print "The values are equal\n";
> } else {
> print "The values are NOT equal\n";
> }
>
> sub equal {
> my ($A, $B, $dp) = @_;
>
> return sprintf("%.${dp}g", $A) eq sprintf("%.${dp}g", $B);
I would use %f instead of %g for your floating point format type.
return sprintf("%.${dp}f", $A) eq sprintf("%.${dp}f", $B);
> }
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