On Wed, 2002-06-05 at 10:56, Johnathan Smith wrote: > Can someone please help me I am getting a number like > "19.47582" and I only > need "19.47"
Floating point arithmetic is not able to represent an infinite number of real numbers in a finite number of bits, which can result in inexact calculations. If you're planning to represent currency and require exact decimals, you should use integers. -- Dave Carrigan Seattle, WA, USA [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.rudedog.org/ | ICQ:161669680 UNIX-Apache-Perl-Linux-Firewalls-LDAP-C-C++-DNS-PalmOS-PostgreSQL-MySQL -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/
