[Tutor] Hoping for a brief explanation!

[Alan Gauld]

On 16/08/2022 01:01, C S wrote:
> Thank you!
> 
>>>> print(10>9.999999999999999)
> True
>>>> print(10>9.9999999999999999)
> False

The brief explanation is that it is due to
floating point rounding errors.

If you don't understand that, you need to read
the full explanation which can be found on Wikipedia
(other resaources are available!)


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Round-off_error


It is slightly baffling when you first come across
it but it bites every programmer at some point and
it is important to know about it and how to deal
with it.

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