RE: Simple calculation error

2008-01-04 Thread Francois Liot
Subject: Re: Simple calculation error On Jan 4, 12:30 pm, Fredrik Lundh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Francois Liot wrote: > > > I observed a strange calculation answer, on both python 2.3.4 and 2.4.4 > > >> >> print 753343.44 - 753361.89 > > > -1

Re: Simple calculation error

2008-01-04 Thread Paul McGuire
On Jan 4, 12:30 pm, Fredrik Lundh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Francois Liot wrote: > > > I observed a strange calculation answer, on both python 2.3.4 and 2.4.4 > > >> >> print 753343.44 - 753361.89 > > > -18.450001 > > >> >> print ( (753361.89*100) - (753343.44*100) ) / 100 > > > 18.45 > > >

Re: Simple calculation error

2008-01-04 Thread Fredrik Lundh
Francois Liot wrote: > > I observed a strange calculation answer, on both python 2.3.4 and 2.4.4 > >> >> print 753343.44 - 753361.89 > > -18.450001 > >> >> print ( (753361.89*100) - (753343.44*100) ) / 100 > > 18.45 > > Can somebody help me to play correctly with decimal values? A 64-bit

Simple calculation error

2008-01-04 Thread Francois Liot
Dear all, I observed a strange calculation answer, on both python 2.3.4 and 2.4.4 >>> print 753343.44 - 753361.89 -18.450001 >>> print ( (753361.89*100) - (753343.44*100) ) / 100 18.45 Can somebody help me to play correctly with decimal values? Thanks in advance, Francois