Path: csiph.com!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder3.hal-mli.net!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder1.hal-mli.net!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed6.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!newsgate.cistron.nl!newsgate.news.xs4all.nl!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.147 X-Spam-Level: * X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.71; '*S*': 0.00; 'outputs': 0.16; 'skip:7 20': 0.16; 'subject:problem': 0.22; 'question': 0.27; 'message- id:@mail.gmail.com': 0.27; 'skip:( 40': 0.30; 'to:addr:python- list': 0.33; 'received:google.com': 0.34; 'acceptable': 0.35; 'received:209.85': 0.35; 'should': 0.36; 'two': 0.37; 'received:209': 0.37; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'header:Received:5': 0.40; 'different': 0.63; 'increase': 0.72 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=nYyeYyAC4SH9nZMDlrRu/YEB2OedAJQ8WtMTsHikG38=; b=gK1sx7sFl5v2WzgQ0XO8nxa00lqwtXt+r1NN3HO29ip+JRXhOmmnomBHO1VLpxE91h K42PFLEWe8iC4ZmrFNqilxOotc8pYK4fIqCjMnNNi7N/41RKxw7IU9NASSPJoI9AClhC V3L1izuaRoKJa+cchvvTYofRkLbAy/iLEY+BaSFeZLRvrQJurIQiDU9NX9pdeY+y1bXi SKqTPsOGOaLaL5fo+9ZcDmSvjpi6FfTRNP0s0riy/NzZxYQDmdn2okfkxfR26PVZ3lXm U+BLODFXqolY+AONFsrz0MqvPBoSprMyt5CIorvgObm8sosnSU1EAy8PA1RvsUo8tSHX 6JYA== MIME-Version: 1.0 Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2012 22:35:40 +0530 Subject: accuracy problem in calculation From: Debashish Saha To: python-list@python.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 10 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1352394347 news.xs4all.nl 6848 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:58380 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:32962 (1500000000+1.00067968)-(1500000000+1.00067961) Out[102]: 2.384185791015625e-07 1.00067968-(1.00067961) Out[103]: 7.000000001866624e-08 above i am showing the two different results,though the two outputs should be same if we do it in copy(the lass one is acceptable value). so my question is how to increase the accuracy(windows7(32bit) ,python2.7.2)