What makes you think the problem is in the library and not in LC, itself? On Wed, Jun 29, 2016 at 7:22 AM, Lagi Pittas <iphonel...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi, > > I used the mergJSON in version 8 DP1 today for the first time. > I loaded my CSV file into the program and build my arrays then exported the > array as JSON. > > what do I find? > > prices that were 1.40 showing up as 1.3999999999999999, 2.30 showing as > 2.2999999999999998 etc > > Now I know this is documented as anything that looks like a real number is > stored as an IEEE 754 double. > > > Can someone please explain the logic that says that a textual > representation of information (CSV, XML a text file even) is translated to > a IEEE number for us to round as we see fit? > > Please explain any cases where this makes any sense at all. > > if I wanted the number to be 1.399999 thats what I would put in there. > > Now the documentation says round it to the precision you want - it already > is otherwise it wouldn't be in the CSV/JSON file if it was wrong in the > first place. > > Anyone got any thoughts on this? > > Monte as much as I respect your programming prowess I respectfully think > you are wrong on this one - it has to be more coding to do it this way than > to leave it as text - or am I missing something. > > Shouldn't there be a parameter that asks if we want this (with false as the > default?) as per the pretty print which works brilliantly by the way - > perfect in fact. > > I wrote a JSON library for Visual foxpro a couple of years ago and the only > change it made was if there was an integer of say 1 or 2 it would change it > to 1.0 or 2.0 because Foxpro itself reads any numbers from a file as Real > rather than integer but the actual value is still the same 1.0 is 1. I > could have coded against that but it would have been a bit convoluted and > would have slowed the system down so I left it as is. > > KIndest Regards Lagi > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > -- On the first day, God created the heavens and the Earth On the second day, God created the oceans. On the third day, God put the animals on hold for a few hours, and did a little diving. And God said, "This is good." _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
