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| From | Helpful Harry <HelpfulHarry@BusyWorking.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.databases.filemaker |
| Subject | Re: "Total of" Rounding Error? |
| Date | 2017-05-10 08:56 +1200 |
| Organization | Netfront http://www.netfront.net/ |
| Message-ID | <oetae4$1g7g$1@adenine.netfront.net> (permalink) |
| References | <oeat8j$tsq$1@adenine.netfront.net> <1n5qhcv.19pkihu56u1viN%csampson@inetworld.net> |
On 2017-05-09 08:40:50 +0000, Charles H. Sampson said:
>
> Harry, you're conversing with a guy who spent 40+ years designing and
> writing software. You are absolutely wrong on this issue. Numbers that
> represent real-world values are stored as approximations. A few such
> approximations are exact, small integers (small in the computer sense,
> such as less than 4,000,000,000) for example. These numbers, called
> integers, are almost always used for purely programming purposes, such
> as counting. $10.37, being a real-world value, would be stored as
> something like 10.369999999999998, not the value you gave above.
>
> To go any further requires understanding expressing numbers in the
> binary system. I can explain that if you want me to.
If that were true, then:
A. You've got the answer to your problem.
B. Computers are an inaccurate pile of crap that should never be used
for anything important.
Helpful Harry :o)
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