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#include <math.h> | |
#include <stdio.h> | |
int main() { | |
double a = 16.99; | |
double b = 100.0; | |
printf("a is %f\n", a); | |
printf("b is %f\n", b); | |
printf("a*b is %f\n", a*b); | |
printf("floor(a*b) is %f\n", floor(a*b)); | |
return 0; | |
} | |
a is 16.990000 | |
b is 100.000000 | |
a*b is 1699.000000 | |
floor(a*b) is 1698.000000 |
So, the real reason I am mucking about with floor() is because that's how ruby's Fixnum.to_i function works...
http://www.ruby-doc.org/core/classes/Float.src/M000240.html
floorf sort of fixes it... for a certain threshold. Here's the output for with more precision (and some more debugging)
a is 16.989999999999998436805981327779591083526611328125000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
b is 100.000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
a_b is 1698.999999999999772626324556767940521240234375000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
a_b < c
floorf(a*b) is 1699.000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
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printf('%.16f',17.99 * (10**2))
1798.9999999999997726
That would be your problem :)