Why is the addition of the numbers -67947269.62 and 68288455.49, both with only 2 numbers after the decimal, resulting in 341185.86999996 where there are 8 numbers after the decimal. I would expect the number to simply be 341185.87. How can i avoid this strange behavior?
Below are 2 examples, both are shown from the debugger. DB<10> x $funds_type_totals{$funds_type} 0 68288455.49 DB<11> x $Deposit_Acct_Bal_Raw 0 '-67947269.62' DB<12> s 161: $Deposit_Acct_Bal_Raw += $funds_type_totals{$funds_type}; DB<12> x $Deposit_Acct_Bal_Raw 0 341185.86999996 ======= DB<18> $l = 68288455.49 -67947269.62 DB<19> x $l 0 341185.86999999