First, Perl's for( ; ; ) loop works just like the one in C (from which it was stolen).

Second, no matter the language, it is not a good idea to compare floating point numbers for equality. Your hunch is correct, precision issues defeat equality. Usually you want to compare the numbers within some tolerance like this: 

  if ( abs( $first_num - $second_num ) < $small_num ) ) {
     ...
  }

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where small_num is your tolerance for various errors (try .0005 or some such).

Alternatively, you could round them to the same precision and compare.

Phil

In reply to Re: Infinite loop but no reason why by philcrow
in thread Infinite loop but no reason why by Anonymous Monk

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