Re: Decimal Increment Bug?

[toolic]

This is a FAQ Why am I getting long decimals (eg, 19.9499999999999) instead of the numbers I should be getting (eg, 19.95)? Use printf:

use warnings;
use strict;

my $i = 0.1;
my $v = 0 - $i;
while ( $v < 9 ) {
    $v += $i;
    printf "%.1f%s", $v, $/;
}