On Jun 17, 10:47 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi, > I am new to python. I was messing around in the interperator checking > out the floating point handling and I believe I may have found a > rounding bug: > > >>> 234 - 23234.2345 > > -23000.234499999999 > > This is not correct by my calculations. > > I am using python 2.5.2 in ubuntu 8.04. I am wondering if this is a > known bug, or if I am just not understanding some feature of python. > Thanks for the help! > > -Cooper Quintinhttp://www.bitsamurai.net
It is a side-effect of binary floating-point. http://www.python.org/doc/faq/general/#why-are-floating-point-calculations-so-inaccurate casevh -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
