newbie seeks inaccurate arithmetic insight

[Fredrik Lundh]

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