thats how floating points works..
On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 12:57 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have a a Java Object that implements the Scriptable interface and
> returns the value -0.58*100 from the get method. The result I expect
> is -58 of course but actually the result I get is -57.99999999999999.
> Here is the code of the Java object that implements Scriptable
> interface:
>
> class DummyScript extends BaseScriptable {
> public Object get(String s, Scriptable scriptable) {
> Double result;
> double src = -0.58;
> result = new Double(src*100);
> return result;
> }
> }
>
> Does anyone know why this happens? I know rounding problems are to be
> expected with large numbers of digits in any computer program but in
> this very simple case its unacceptable. I can provide the full Test
> Source which is very small as I have created a cut down test case for
> this.
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