#!/usr/bin/perl my $x=0.0; my $y=0; my $e_min=1.0; my $e_max=0.0; my $n=0; my $e; for ( 1 .. 999 ) { $x += 0.05; $y += 5; $e = abs($x - $y / 100); $n++ if $e == 0.0; $e_min = $e if $e > 0.0 && $e < $e_min; $e_max = $e if $e > $e_max; printf "%4d x = %.30f e = %E\n", $_, $x, $e; } printf "min %E max %E exact %d\n", $e_min, $e_max, $n; result 998 x = 49.899999999999302247033483581617 e = 6.963319E-13 999 x = 49.949999999999299404862540541217 e = 7.034373E-13 min 2.775558E-17 max 7.034373E-13 exact 16