Thank you all for the quick response, your suggestions worked great.
Quoting Sui Ming Louie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Brian, > > It's round-off error. > > Try the following: > > printf "%0.1f Ghz\n", $speed; > > > Cheers, > > Sui > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Brian Gibson > Sent: Sunday, May 23, 2004 3:49 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: weird stuff in incrementing "for" loop with Perl > > Can anyone explain why in this simple "for" loop it changes after it gets > to > > 6.1? I am trying to create a pull down menu for a web page that lists > processor speeds from 1.0 Ghz all the way up to 20.0 Ghz and things get > crazy > in between. I am incrementing my counter by .1 each time thru the loop. > > $starting_number = 1.0; > $ending_number = 20.1; > > for ($speed = $starting_number; $speed < $ending_number; $speed = $speed + > .1) > { > > print "$speed Ghz\n"; > > } ## End of "for 1.0 Ghz to the total possible speed of the > processors....." > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Perl-Win32-Users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs > > > > _______________________________________________ > Perl-Win32-Users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs > _______________________________________________ Perl-Win32-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs
