>>>>> "John" == John Doe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
John> In those cases, a rounding up- or downwards with a probability of 0.5 each can John> be appropriate, f.e. John> 3.45 => sometimes 3.4, sometimes 3.5 And that's exactly what Perl does. However *also* keep in mind that 0.1 is not precisely 0.1 (in binary), in the same way that 1/3 is 0.3333333.... and you got to cut it off somewhere, so it's always inaccurate. So, 0.1 * 5 is not necessarily precisely 0.5, where the rounding shifts will occur. -- Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 0095 <merlyn@stonehenge.com> <URL:http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/> Perl/Unix/security consulting, Technical writing, Comedy, etc. etc. See PerlTraining.Stonehenge.com for onsite and open-enrollment Perl training! -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
