Problems with float variables in C

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From: Rishabh Gupta
Date: Wed, 05 Sep 2001 15:14

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Hi all,
    I've been getting really strange results in my program when I use very
small float values. For example, I check for 0.0 in case of division by zero
errors but I still get the error. I also get other strange results
like -0.0000...... (although I'm guessing that its just not displaying all
the digits)
My system is
    Pentium II 500 Mhz, 128MB
    Linux Mandrake 8.0
I have checked my program repeatedly and I can't find anything wrong with it
(its not even very complicated). Could the problem be a bug in the compiler
(GCC) or is it just supposed to do this?

If anyone can help I would be very greatful.
Many Thanks!!

Rishabh
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