On Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 10:42 AM, praba karan <praba...@gmail.com> wrote: > The Code which laughed at me : > > *<?php > echo (int)((0.1+0.7)*10); > ?>* > > As per the logic *ANSWER should be "8" but i'm getting only "7"*.. why it > is so ??? > > if the code is written as > > *echo ((0.1+0.7)*10); * > //or > *echo (float) ((0.1+0.7)*10);* > > then no issues in getting the answer "8".. > In a Python REPL:
>>> 0.7 + 0.1 0.79999999999999993 >>> _ * 10 7.9999999999999991 >>> int(_) 7 >>> Dunno if that helps you. Regards, Roshan _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, email ilugc-requ...@ae.iitm.ac.in with "unsubscribe <password> <address>" in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
