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Mon Apr 30 11:41:04 EDT 2001 · http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2001-April/085647.html

Stanley Krute wrote:
> Hmmm. Here's a corresponding c program
>
>     http://static.userland.com/images/stanleydaily/carithmeticprogram.gif

try using "%.17g" (show all significant digits) instead of "%f" (fudge it)

...or use "print" in Python, to get str() instead of repr() behaviour:

>>> 0.1
0.10000000000000001
>>> print 0.1
0.1

Cheers /F

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