Re: int($x) gives strange result

Those results are correct.

perldoc -f int

Returns the integer portion of EXPR. If EXPR is omitted, uses $_. You should not use this function for rounding: one because it truncates towards 0, and two because machine representations of floating point numbers can sometimes produce counterintuitive results. For example, "int(-6.725/0.025)" produces -268 rather than the correct -269; that's because it's really more like -268.99999999999994315658 instead. Usually, the "sprintf", "printf", or the "POSIX::floor" and "POSIX::ceil" functions will serve you better than will int().

What Every Computer Scientist Should Know About Floating-Point Arithmetic

print int( 1.15  * 100 ),"\n";
print int( 1.15001 * 100 ), "\n";
print int( 1.14999 * 100 ), "\n";
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Re^2: int($x) gives strange result by ikegami (Patriarch) on Aug 24, 2009 at 17:35 UTC
That's misleading. `floor` and `ceil` suffer the same problem as `int` in this area. `$ perl -MPOSIX -wle'$x = 6.725/0.025; print for $x, int $x, floor $x' 269 268 268` [download]	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^3: int($x) gives strange result by hossman (Prior) on Aug 31, 2009 at 05:53 UTC
It's not really fair to argue that a post is misleading when the post just quotes the function documentation in it's entirety, and emphasizes (bolded) the part of the documentation that is relevant to the discussion. That doesn't imply the rest of the documentation is on point -- if anything it suggests that the rest of the documentation is not on point, otherwise all/none of it would have been emphasized.	[reply]
Re^4: int($x) gives strange result by ikegami (Patriarch) on Aug 31, 2009 at 16:20 UTC
The OP didn't give any indication that he didn't want to truncate towards zero, so the bolded passage didn't apply, so it never occurred to me that the Anonymous Monk altered the quote to add his own emphasis. In fact, it had not even occurred to me until you mentioned it. I took it at face value when he said it was from perldoc. In any case, I immediately clarified myself when confusion arose.	[reply]
Re^3: int($x) gives strange result by Anonymous Monk on Aug 25, 2009 at 00:29 UTC
How is What Every Computer Scientist Should Know About Floating-Point Arithmetic misleading?	[reply]
Re^4: int($x) gives strange result by ikegami (Patriarch) on Aug 25, 2009 at 01:43 UTC
I never said it was. In response to the post, I said it was misleading. I didn't say anything about that line specifically. In fact, I went on to show what was misleading, and it had nothing to do with that line. The "POSIX::floor" and "POSIX::ceil" functions will not serve you better than will int().	[reply]
Re^5: int($x) gives strange result by Anonymous Monk on Aug 25, 2009 at 02:03 UTC
Re^6: int($x) gives strange result by ikegami (Patriarch) on Aug 25, 2009 at 04:52 UTC
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