On Thursday, May 30, 2002, at 03:01 , Bryan R Harris wrote:
> > Quick question... Why doesn't this print? > > print "Yep, it is.\n" if -0.40-0.200>=-0.6; > > - B [jeeves:~/tmp/Junk] drieux% perl -e 'my $var = (-0.40 - 0.200); my $var2 = "-0.6"; my $var3 = $var - $var2; print ":$var3:";' :-1.11022302462516e-16:[jeeves:~/tmp/Junk] drieux% does the phrase 'floating point rounding error' bring anything to mind? ciao drieux --- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
