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Simple Addition gone wrong
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08-21-2025, 03:31 AM
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FOR I! = 0 TO 1 STEP .0000001

  itot! = itot! + I!

  PRINT "I : ", I!, "I Total : ", itot!



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It takes a few seconds to run but if you analyse the numbers youll see how adding/incrementing any floating point numbers (and this is in almost any language) will never yield absolute results...I had a similar problem years ago and Galleon tried to explain it to me, all i remember is...two floating point variables that are both .5 when added together do not guarantee the result is 1!

Dont know if that helps!

John
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Simple Addition gone wrong - by Dimster - 08-20-2025, 08:27 PM
RE: Simple Addition gone wrong - by bplus - 08-20-2025, 08:31 PM
RE: Simple Addition gone wrong - by ahenry3068 - 08-20-2025, 09:14 PM
RE: Simple Addition gone wrong - by SMcNeill - 08-20-2025, 11:15 PM
RE: Simple Addition gone wrong - by ahenry3068 - 08-20-2025, 11:47 PM
RE: Simple Addition gone wrong - by Unseen Machine - 08-21-2025, 03:31 AM
RE: Simple Addition gone wrong - by bplus - 08-21-2025, 06:30 AM
RE: Simple Addition gone wrong - by SMcNeill - 08-21-2025, 04:51 AM
RE: Simple Addition gone wrong - by Dimster - 08-21-2025, 03:09 PM
RE: Simple Addition gone wrong - by bplus - 08-21-2025, 03:45 PM
RE: Simple Addition gone wrong - by SMcNeill - 08-21-2025, 04:09 PM
RE: Simple Addition gone wrong - by bplus - 08-21-2025, 07:16 PM
RE: Simple Addition gone wrong - by Jack - 08-21-2025, 09:38 PM
RE: Simple Addition gone wrong - by Pete - 08-22-2025, 09:00 PM

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