Re: (0.3 * 3) = 0,8999999999 ????

[Nathan Meyers]

In base-2 floating-point arithmetic, 0.3 and 0.9 are repeating
fractions, not exact numbers. You can exert some control over formatting
of floating-point numbers with java.text.NumberFormat to hide this, but
it's just a fact of binary arithmetic.

Nathan


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