03-03-2003, 08:22 AM
and quite a few people know about it. 
It has nothing to do with Qbasic, QB, or any particular dialect of any particular programming language. It is caused by the fact that you are using a digital computer and digital computers can't store floating point numbers with infinite precision.
"PRINT 3.26 + 3.25 + 2.55
Run this and it will print out 9.059999 when it should be 9.06 for an answer. I don't know if anyone else actually knows about this and since QBASIC is pretty insignificant most people might not care about this but I figured it's interesting to post. "
It has nothing to do with Qbasic, QB, or any particular dialect of any particular programming language. It is caused by the fact that you are using a digital computer and digital computers can't store floating point numbers with infinite precision."PRINT 3.26 + 3.25 + 2.55
Run this and it will print out 9.059999 when it should be 9.06 for an answer. I don't know if anyone else actually knows about this and since QBASIC is pretty insignificant most people might not care about this but I figured it's interesting to post. "
ravelling Curmudgeon
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I liked spam better when it was something that came in a can.
Windows should be defenestrated.
(geocities sites require copying and pasting URLs.)
I liked spam better when it was something that came in a can.
Windows should be defenestrated.