Floating point numbers aren't perfectly precise.
See http://c-faq.com/fp/
--david
On 1/22/06, ramrunner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi , i am not sure if the following indicates a prob, if it does i
> will issue a PR.
> *sorry if i miss something here*
> cosider the following: (obsd x86 3.8-current gcc version 3.3.5 (propolice))
> float a;
> int main()
> {
> for(;a<3;a+=0.1)
> printf("%f\n",a);
> return 1;
> }
> output :
> 0.000000
> 0.100000
> ....
> 2.700000
> 2.799999
> 2.899999
> 2.999999
> why does the add loses a decimal point?
> again sorry if it's my mistake (probably) but i'm confused ;) .
>
> please CC not in [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> DsP
