http://www.loganandamy.com/wordpress/2006/07/25/floating-point-mysterynot-really/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:16:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.1 http://www.loganandamy.com/wordpress/2006/07/25/floating-point-mysterynot-really/#comment-42 Wed, 26 Jul 2006 20:39:42 +0000 http://www.loganandamy.com/wordpress/2006/07/25/floating-point-mysterynot-really/#comment-42 2.4/0.2 yields something like this: 11.999999999999998 int(x) then really just truncates rather than rounds and returns whatever's on the left of the decimal point. 2.4/0.2 yields something like this: 11.999999999999998
int(x) then really just truncates rather than rounds and returns whatever’s on the left of the decimal point.

]]> http://www.loganandamy.com/wordpress/2006/07/25/floating-point-mysterynot-really/#comment-41 Wed, 26 Jul 2006 05:52:33 +0000 http://www.loganandamy.com/wordpress/2006/07/25/floating-point-mysterynot-really/#comment-41 Wow...this just goes to show me that I am completely clueless about the programming world. It also reminds me how impressed I am with my fiancee's gifts...we certainly have our individual talents, and for this I am thankful. It keeps life interesting! Wow…this just goes to show me that I am completely clueless about the programming world. It also reminds me how impressed I am with my fiancee’s gifts…we certainly have our individual talents, and for this I am thankful. It keeps life interesting!

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