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SHY · 10-25-2006, 06:53 PM

a m8 of mine was reading thru the python tutorial and while he was trying out some float numbers formatting, he came to a weird result (note: he is using windowsXP):

Code:

>>> print '%0.50f' % (22.0/7.0)
3.14285714285714280000000000000000000000000000000000

this is what i get on linux:

Code:

>>> print '%0.50f' % (22.0/7.0)
3.14285714285714279370154144999105483293533325195312

how the hell is this possible?

10-25-2006, 06:53 PM	PM User \| #1
SHY New Coder Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Kosice, Slovakia Posts: 36 Thanks: 2 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	weirdness between windows and linux a m8 of mine was reading thru the python tutorial and while he was trying out some float numbers formatting, he came to a weird result (note: he is using windowsXP): Code: >>> print '%0.50f' % (22.0/7.0) 3.14285714285714280000000000000000000000000000000000 this is what i get on linux: Code: >>> print '%0.50f' % (22.0/7.0) 3.14285714285714279370154144999105483293533325195312 how the hell is this possible? __________________ "Programming is an art form that fights back."