Re^4: Problems with number resolution

The numbers have maximum 2 digits. The code is just for debugging, extracting the problem from a larger code, to have some small code to play. In the original code all sums are stored in an array and used later. Therefore printf is only a solution for the small debug code.

You need the round. The effect is much more seldom when using *100, but still exists. Please see:

my @nr=('34455.28','-33907.55');
my $x=0;
foreach (@nr)
{ $x+=($_*100);
  print "$_ => ".$x/100 ."\n";  
}

34455.28 => 34455.28
-33907.55 => 547.729999999995
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Re^5: Problems with number resolution by Laurent_R (Canon) on Jan 02, 2018 at 08:42 UTC
Yes, I wrote my message too quickly, you're right that some form of rounding is needed if you want to make sure to use integer addition; multiplying the numbers by 100 is not always sufficient to get proper integers. Having said that, I still think that using just `printf` (or `sprintf` to convert the results and store them in an array) on the final result is probably sufficient to get the right precision (unless you're really adding huge volumes of numbers).	[reply] [d/l] [select]

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Re^5: Problems with number resolution
by Laurent_R (Canon) on Jan 02, 2018 at 08:42 UTC

Having said that, I still think that using just printf (or sprintf to convert the results and store them in an array) on the final result is probably sufficient to get the right precision (unless you're really adding huge volumes of numbers).

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