Apologies if this is common knowledge, but I've just come across a huge maths problem in Flash... as I've mentioned before I'm working on an online trading system where real people make or lose real money, sometimes a huge amount of it, so this isn't funny...
Here's some simple arithmetic.. var a:Number = 171.9; var b:Number = 172.2; var c:Number; c = b - a; Now an elementary school kid would probably give the answer 0.3 Unfortunately Flash has other ideas... trace(c); 0.299999999999983 I'm a bit shocked to be honest. Am I imagining it? I'm aware that AS3 introduces proper integers and floats for arithmetic, but that doesnt address my problem now. What says the wise Chattyfig community?? _______________________________________________ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! _______________________________________________ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
