Dear monks,
I have a script that make a simple math addition.
The strange thing is that it adds some floating point numbers.
The script:
$count = 895.3;
while ($count <= 900) {
    $count += 0.01; 
    print "$count\n";
}

The output:
895.31
895.32
895.33
895.34
895.35
895.36
895.37
895.38
895.39
895.4
895.41
895.42
895.43
895.44
895.45
895.46
895.47
895.48
895.49
895.5
895.51
895.52
895.53
895.54
895.55
895.56
895.57
895.58
895.59
895.6
895.61
895.62
895.63
895.64
895.65
895.66
895.67
895.68
895.69
895.7
895.71
895.72
895.73
895.74
895.75
895.76
895.77
895.78
895.79
895.8
895.809999999999
895.819999999999
895.829999999999
895.839999999999
895.849999999999
895.859999999999
895.869999999999
895.879999999999
895.889999999999
895.899999999999
895.909999999999
895.919999999999
895.929999999999
895.939999999999
895.949999999999
895.959999999999
895.969999999999

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Your help please. Regards.

In reply to perl floating number addition by adismaug

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