In Debug mode value = 0.66666666666663 and in Console.WriteLine the result is 0.66666666666667

Asked May 15 '14 at 14:49

Active May 15 '14 at 14:51

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I'm doing calc like this

double sdf = 0.0;
sdf = ((300.0-200.0)/(300.0-150.0));
Console.WriteLine(sdf);

Is there a reason for this and why the value is not same?

edited May 15 '14 at 14:51

John Saunders

asked May 15 '14 at 14:49

Dwi Yanuar Ilham

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they are the same to within an epsilon! :) – Mitch Wheat May 15 '14 at 14:50
http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E19957-01/806-3568/ncg_goldberg.html – Mirco May 15 '14 at 14:50
Also, see: [release mode uses double precision even for float variables](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6277623/release-mode-uses-double-precision-even-for-float-variables) – dcastro May 15 '14 at 14:53

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