user=> (- (new Double "1786.28") (read-string "1786.28")) 0.0
Following uip on what Hugo said, modifying your code to a double returns the following. On Nov 27, 1:32 pm, "Hugo Duncan" <hugodun...@users.sourceforge.net> wrote: > On Fri, 27 Nov 2009 14:50:27 -0500, Nathan Cunningham > > <penguin2...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Apparently there are cases where read will return a slightly different > > float then the Float constructor will. For example: > > > (- (new Float "1786.28") (read-string "1786.28")) > > 2.929687502728484E-5 > > read-string returns a Double for me... > > -- > Hugo Duncan -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en
