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Created May 21, 2011 02:39
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ruby_float_gotcha.rb
puts a = (2500 * 56) / 10000.0 # => 14.0
puts b = (250 * 5.6) / 100.0 # => 14.0
puts c = 25 * 0.56 # => 14.0
puts a % 1 # => 0 ... Expected
puts b % 1 # => 0 ... Expected
puts c % 1 # => 1.77635683940025e-15 .. Not Expected
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tiegz commented May 23, 2011

hahaha; the power of Ruby lies in the ease to fix itself :)

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