Re: Odd [math] behaviour

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2003


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 52775
interpreted = N
texte = Paul Willis wrote: > I fully agree, I don't understand why any calculations or formatting are > required. This is simple subtraction. 6000.4-5300.3 is 700.1 a small > child could do it. > Unfortunately, computers are far stupider than even the smallest child. The advantage of using a computer over a child is that the computer actually does what you tell it to do and does it quickly (no "In a minute Daddy!"). A quick Google yielded a few useful pages: http://www.python.org/doc/current/tut/node14.html http://mindprod.com/jgloss/floatingpoint.html http://www.rwc.uc.edu/koehler/comath/14.html HTH John -- John Peacock Director of Information Research and Technology Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group 4501 Forbes Boulevard Suite H Lanham, MD 20706 301-459-3366 x.5010 fax 301-429-5748 ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
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Paul Willis wrote: > I fully agree, I don't understand why any calculations or formatting are > required. This is simple subtraction. 6000.4-5300.3 is 700.1 a small > child could do it. > Unfortunately, computers are far stupider than even the smallest child. The advantage of using a computer over a child is that the computer actually does what you tell it to do and does it quickly (no "In a minute Daddy!"). A quick Google yielded a few useful pages: http://www.python.org/doc/current/tut/node14.html http://mindprod.com/jgloss/floatingpoint.html http://www.rwc.uc.edu/koehler/comath/14.html HTH John -- John Peacock Director of Information Research and Technology Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group 4501 Forbes Boulevard Suite H Lanham, MD 20706 301-459-3366 x.5010 fax 301-429-5748 ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ John Peacock

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