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$ perl -e 'printf "%.20f\n", 75.600 * 100'
7559.99999999999909050530
$ perl -e 'printf "%.0f\n", 75.600 * 100'
7560

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Re^2: Multiply with 100 in perl
by Anonymous Monk on Nov 11, 2015 at 18:42 UTC

    Just to add a little information, the problem isn't multiplying by 100, it's the 75.6

    $ perl -e 'printf "%.20f\n", 75.600'
75.59999999999999431566

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