farsi...@gmail.com wrote: > Thanks all, that's very helpful, sorry to waste your time with a > common question. I have tried the decimal module and will definitely > keep using it if I need to do this kind of calculation again. > > I have 1 more question that the floating point article that was linked > didn't really answer: > > >>> x = 0.8 > >>> x > 0.800000000000004 > >>> x * 5 > 4.0 > > Shouldn't I be expecting something like 4.0000000000002 ?
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