This is the code
char number[]="0.58";
double value = atof(number);
When I execute it value is 0.57999999999999996
Do you know why?
Thanks in advance
wakeup
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Jump to Postyour are right and there is nothing you can do about it because of the way floats and doubles are stored in memory. wikipedia has a good article about that
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Ancient Dragon
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your are right and there is nothing you can do about it because of the way floats and doubles are stored in memory. wikipedia has a good article about that
White-Gandalf
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"0.58" ... atof ... 0.57999999999999996
Do you know why?
The decimal system is not the dual system.
Try to express 0.58 as a quotient of two integer numbers with the denominator being a power of two!
(58/100 = 29/50 = 29 / (5*5*2) -> Is there a way to multiply this by a power of two to get an integer number?)
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