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Re: Floating point calculation problem

From "Schizoid Man" <schiz_man@21stcentury.com>
Newsgroups comp.lang.python
Subject Re: Floating point calculation problem
Date 2013-02-02 15:54 +0000
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"Schizoid Man" <schiz_man@21stcentury.com> wrote in message 
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> So for values of s=60 and k=50, the first code returns 0.1823215567939546 
> (on the PC), whereas the second returns 0.0 (on the Mac). This this 
> expression is evaluated in the numerator, it never returns a divide by 
> zero error, and the result of 0 is treated as legitimate.

D'oh! That's the error right there. My inputs are 60 and 50, not 60.0 and 
50.0. I am a dunderhead.

Apologies for wasting your time.

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Floating point calculation problem "Schizoid Man" <schiz_man@21stcentury.com> - 2013-02-02 10:27 +0000
  Re: Floating point calculation problem Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-02-02 21:34 +1100
    Re: Floating point calculation problem "Schizoid Man" <schiz_man@21stcentury.com> - 2013-02-02 11:14 +0000
      Re: Floating point calculation problem Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-02-02 22:20 +1100
        Re: Floating point calculation problem "Schizoid Man" <schiz_man@21stcentury.com> - 2013-02-02 11:34 +0000
          Re: Floating point calculation problem Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-02-02 22:38 +1100
            Re: Floating point calculation problem "Schizoid Man" <schiz_man@21stcentury.com> - 2013-02-02 11:51 +0000
              Re: Floating point calculation problem Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-02-02 22:58 +1100
                Re: Floating point calculation problem "Schizoid Man" <schiz_man@21stcentury.com> - 2013-02-02 15:48 +0000
                Re: Floating point calculation problem "Schizoid Man" <schiz_man@21stcentury.com> - 2013-02-02 15:54 +0000
                Re: Floating point calculation problem Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-02-03 03:00 +1100
                Re: Floating point calculation problem Michael Torrie <torriem@gmail.com> - 2013-02-02 11:19 -0700
                Re: Floating point calculation problem Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-02-03 12:25 +1100
                Re: Floating point calculation problem Dave Angel <d@davea.name> - 2013-02-02 21:20 -0500
                Re: Floating point calculation problem Michael Torrie <torriem@gmail.com> - 2013-02-02 21:22 -0700
              Re: Floating point calculation problem Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-02-02 23:11 +1100
      Re: Floating point calculation problem Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-02-02 22:45 +1100
        Re: Floating point calculation problem "Schizoid Man" <schiz_man@21stcentury.com> - 2013-02-02 11:50 +0000
  Re: Floating point calculation problem Chris Rebert <clp2@rebertia.com> - 2013-02-02 02:47 -0800
  Re: Floating point calculation problem Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-02-02 23:05 +1100

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