With Groovy or Scala on the other hand, it's an absolute doddle to use!
On 10 May 2010 03:16, Casper Bang <[email protected]> wrote: > Also keep in mind that whenever you work with money, you need to use a > base10 type rather than a base2 since the latter is subject to classic > IEEE-754 floating point rounding errors: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floating_point#Accuracy_problems > > Java has the BigDecimal type for this purpose, though it's probably > the most horrible support of a decimal type in any modern language. > > > On May 10, 3:25 am, Luke Vandervort <[email protected]> wrote: > > This should be simple for you guys. I am writing a simple program. The > > correct answer is 630, however java comes up with 626.4. I assume this > > is a rounding issue because I used the wrong variable type, but after > > a couple hours on this thing I have no idea. Anyone have any > > suggestions? > > > > public class yards > > { > > public static void main(String[] args) > > { > > byte length=25; > > byte width=42; > > int product= length * width; > > float totalsquareyards=product / 9; > > double cost= totalsquareyards * 5.4f; > > > > System.out.println(""); > > System.out.print("The carpeting is " + length); > > System.out.println(" feet long."); > > System.out.println(""); > > System.out.print("The carpeting is " + width); > > System.out.println(" feet wide."); > > System.out.println(""); > > System.out.print("It will cost $" + cost); > > System.out.println(" to carpet the room"); > > System.out.println(""); > > > > } > > } > > > > Thanks! > > -- > > Luke M. P. Vandervort > > Linux, because rebooting is for adding new hardware ... > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Java Posse" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<javaposse%[email protected]> > . > > For more options, visit this group athttp:// > groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Java Posse" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<javaposse%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. > > -- Kevin Wright mail/google talk: [email protected] wave: [email protected] skype: kev.lee.wright twitter: @thecoda -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
