Re: 0.3-0.2=0.999999999998?

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From: Tudor Holton
Date: Fri, 05 Mar 1999 00:00

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Sorry, that should be 10:3D (or 16:61 in decimal).

Late night,

Tudor

Tudor Holton wrote:

> I've never understood why we can't just represent numbers after the
> decimal place as the size in reverse.  e.g. 16.16 would be A:3D  (or
> 16:61 in decimal)
>
> Tudor
>
> "-=(CyBerco)=-" wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > Try the following:
> >
> > System.out.println("What is 0.3-0.2 ? :  " + (0.3-0.2));
> >
> > How come? I sure didn't expect this outcome!
> >
> > Greetings,
> > Berco.

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