1.7763568394E-15 is 0. The computer just had a rounding error somewhere. We had this discussion a few weeks ago, the solution being to decide to what accuracy you want the answer. Upto 14 decimal places will give you 0 here!!
Alex > -----Original Message----- > From: Robert Cummings [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 13 August 2008 05:39 > To: Micah Gersten > Cc: Jim Lucas; Jay Blanchard; php-general@lists.php.net > Subject: Re: [PHP] More math fun > > On Tue, 2008-08-12 at 23:23 -0500, Micah Gersten wrote: > > Robert, when you do yours, it's performing the same function on two > > different variable types and has to do a conversion before the > function > > works. He was doing a numeric function on a string which might be > > giving the funky results. > > That's what Jim tried and got 0 and double... I confirmed Jim's results > (I didn't originally test Jay's problem) and then tried the alternative > that I might have thought this morning. Either way, it seems to come up > as 0. Maybe Jay is running a buggy version of PHP. > > Cheers, > Rob. > -- > http://www.interjinn.com > Application and Templating Framework for PHP > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com > Version: 8.0.138 / Virus Database: 270.6.1/1608 - Release Date: > 12/08/2008 16:59 No virus found in this outgoing message. Scanned by AVG Free 8.0 Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.138 / Virus Database: 270.6.1/1608 - Release Date: 12/08/2008 16:59 -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
