On 22/02/2012 18:13, Alec Taylor wrote:
Simple mathematical problem, + and - only:1800.00-1041.00-555.74+530.74-794.95-60.950000000000045 That's wrong. Proof http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=1800.00-1041.00-555.74%2B530.74-794.95 -60.95 aka (-(1219/20)) Is there a reason Python math is only approximated? - Or is this a bug? Thanks for all info, Alec Taylor
Please google for floating point numbers. -- Cheers. Mark Lawrence. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
