On 23 Jan 2009, at 16:49, jzimmek wrote:
> > some of my tests failed when comparing two floats. > > the comparison of: > > 1.1035 == 1.0035 + 0.1 > > evaluates to false - i do not really understand why. > > must depend on the value range, because > > 1.103 == 1.003 + 0.1 basically because 0.1 cannot be exactly represented in binary. assert_in_delta is good for this sort of stuff. Fred > > > evaluates to true. > > would be great if anyone could help me getting this working and maybe > giving an explanation why ruby do not handle the == operator for float > as one would expect (coming from java). > > tested on: > > 1.8.6 (2008-03-03 patchlevel 114) [universal-darwin9.0] > > > regards > jan zimmek > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" 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/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
