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Jean-Baptiste Nizet wrote in message <36DE4DC2.5E9963CD@ficsgrp.com>...
>It's a normal result, and you will have such surprises whatever language or
>computer you use.
>1. Computers work with numbers in a binary way, not in a decimal way
>2. All real numbers can't be exactly managed by float numbers.


This is wrong. Many real numbers can be managed exactly by float(ing point)
numbers.
but,
NOT all real numbers can be managed exactly by floating point numbers.

Who'd ever have thought that syntax is important?

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Shannon Wheeler
Data & Comm. Tech
Clearwater Welding & Fabricating Ltd
Fort McMurray, AB

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>"-=(CyBerco)=-" wrote:
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>> Hi,
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>> Try the following:
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>> System.out.println("What is 0.3-0.2 ? :  " + (0.3-0.2));
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>> How come? I sure didn't expect this outcome!
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>> Greetings,
>> Berco.
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