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Re^2: Different values while applying format specifiersby Anonymous Monk |
| on Aug 27, 2014 at 11:38 UTC ( [id://1098723]=note: print w/replies, xml ) | Need Help?? |
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Just to word pme's response a little more simply: Some decimal numbers can be represented by IEEE-754 exactly, others cannot. For lots more information see the article linked above, or search the Wikipedia page Floating point for the term "exact".
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