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Re: Numeric Error that is also present in UNIX awk/nawk
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Paul Eggert |
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Re: Numeric Error that is also present in UNIX awk/nawk |
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Tue, 04 Oct 2005 13:48:10 -0700 |
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"Saxon Robert-QA2183" <address@hidden> writes:
> The following generates the wrong number:
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> * gawk 'BEGIN { print int(16.240*1000); exit }'
Gawk uses floating point internally, and you cannot expect output to
always be exact. There's no "wrong number" here; the result might be
16239 if that's the way the cookie crumbled.