Re: float question

On 23 Jan 2006 at 2:10, ramrunner wrote: > why does the add loses a decimal point? > again sorry if it's my mistake (probably) but i'm confused ;) . What Every Computer Scientist Should Know About Floating-Point Arithmetic http://docs.sun.com/source/806-3568/ncg_goldberg.html

Re: float question

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 ramrunner wrote: > float a; > int main() > { > for(;a<3;a+=0.1) > printf("%f\n",a); > return 1; > } > output : > 0.00 > 0.10 > > 2.70 > 2.79 > 2.89 > 2.99 > why does the add loses a decimal p

Re: float question

Floating point numbers aren't perfectly precise. See http://c-faq.com/fp/ --david On 1/22/06, ramrunner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi , i am not sure if the following indicates a prob, if it does i > will issue a PR. > *sorry if i miss something here* > cosider the following: (obsd x86 3.8-cur

float question

Hi , i am not sure if the following indicates a prob, if it does i will issue a PR. *sorry if i miss something here* cosider the following: (obsd x86 3.8-current gcc version 3.3.5 (propolice)) float a; int main() { for(;a<3;a+=0.1) printf("%f\n",a); return 1; } outpu