print "Division by N\n"; for my $n (1..100) { if ( $n/100 == 0.01*$n ) { print "t" } else { print "n" } } Division by N ttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttntttttntttttntttttttttntttttttttttnntttttttttttnnttttttttttnnttttt #### if (( x - y ) > epsilon ) then true #### perl -e 'our $sum;for(1..1000000){$sum+=0.00000001};printf "%1.20f\n", $sum' 0.00999999999994859168 #### perl -e 'printf "%0.20f\n", 2/0x1000000' [11:08am] 0.00000011920928955078 ####