The following piece of code outputs 0.1000000000001
float a=0.1;
printf("%lf",a);
But if I add a 10 times as
long float b=0.1+0.1+0.1+0.1+0.1+0.1+0.1+0.1+0.1+0.1;
printf("lf",b);
It outputs as 0.999999999999989
But if a=0.1 is stored as 0.1000000000001 then the answer should be greater than 10 due to the 1 in last column.Then why is the output less then 10
Thankyou for your answer actually I read the link that you gave before I posted this article..But my doubt was that since the value of 0.1 shown above is slightly greater than 0.1 then why does the addition yield a value less than 1.
But my doubt was that since the value of 0.1 shown above is slightly greater than 0.1 then why does the addition yield a value less than 1.
You say you read the article, but then ask a question that belies your assertion. A combination of inaccuracy at higher precisions and arithmetic rounding is why you're getting unexpected results. Read the article again, and this time actually try to understand it.
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