Whats wrong with floor()?

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From: Ulf Ruthberg
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1992 09:01

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If I do the following:

double tmp=33433.740234;

printf("%f %f",tmp,floor(tmp));

I expect the result "33433.740234 33433"
but what I get is "33433.740234 33433.740234

A bug in GCC or in me?


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