[Ilugc] Problem in PHP Type conversion.

On Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 11:05 AM, praba karan <prabampm@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

*echo (float) ((0.1+0.7)*10);
*
should print the value as "7.99999993" instead of "8".. so getting confused
here again..

Yes, but I don't know how PHP works. Should be easy to check up online.

Why python gives 7.99999993 instead of 8..wat was the logic behind that???

Floating point operations are inexact.

Regards,
Roshan

References:
- [Ilugc] Problem in PHP Type conversion.
  - From: praba karan
- [Ilugc] Problem in PHP Type conversion.
  - From: Roshan Mathews
- [Ilugc] Problem in PHP Type conversion.
  - From: praba karan