It's 123.98699999999999 !
Why is that?
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7Unbelievable how often this question comes up. How would you represent the rational number 123987/1000? – President James K. Polk Apr 03 '10 at 22:52
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3GregS: Fraction(123987, 1000) ...? – Ken Apr 04 '10 at 01:19
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-1: There are about a thousand duplicates for this. – nikow Apr 04 '10 at 12:41
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2@RadiantHex: Please don't remove the question body once it is answered. It makes it difficult for other readers to understand the context for the answers. – Mark Byers Apr 05 '10 at 08:22
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possible duplicate of [Python float - str - float weirdness](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1778368/python-float-str-float-weirdness) and probably a few hundred others. – cHao Jan 18 '12 at 20:12
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The Python FAQ and tutorial address this issue pretty well, I think. More generally, both are excellent resources, well worth your time to browse if you have any interest in Python!-)
Alex Martelli
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This has changed in/since Python 3.1.
See also: issue 1580
To your (already deleted) addition: Use the decimal package.
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The conversion of float to string has changed, but not the conversion from string to float. – dan04 Apr 03 '10 at 23:20
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