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| From | Kene Meniru <Kene.Meniru@illom.org> |
| Subject | Re: python math problem |
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| Date | Fri, 15 Feb 2013 15:23:29 -0500 |
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Joel Goldstick wrote: > > This is not a string, it is scientific notion for 1.53... times 10 to the > -15th power. Because of rounding errors caused by doing floating point > math on in binary, you get a very small number instead of 0. > I was just doing some testing and it was not equating to zero. Perhaps if I rounded it up I may be more successful. -- Kene :::::::::::::::::: KeMeniru@gmail.com
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Re: python math problem Kene Meniru <Kene.Meniru@illom.org> - 2013-02-15 15:23 -0500
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