Hi Zaxo,

I noticed that this doesn't happen in C ... 
bash-2.05b$ cat float.c
#include <stdio.h>
 
int main () {
        float a = 36.8;
        float b = 36.6;
        if( a >= ( b + 0.2 ) ) { printf ("true\n"); }
}
bash-2.05b$ gcc -o float float.c
bash-2.05b$ ./float
true

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... and does happen in Python ... 
bash-2.05b$ cat float.py
#!/usr/bin/python
A = 36.8
B = 36.6
if( A >= B + 0.2 ):
        print "true"
else:
        print "false"
bash-2.05b$ ./float.py
false

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I would of included a java example but I aint got all day to download the SDK. Maybe I'll update with one later. Can you explain why C deals with float point number while Perl and Python appear to have this problem? Is it a compiled verses and interpreted language issue?

Thanks

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In reply to Re^2: float values and operators by Plankton
in thread float values and operators by soulchild

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