double n1 = -6.0;
double n2 = 6.78;
System.out.println(n1 + n2);
I received the out put as 0.7800000000000002 instead of 0.78.
Any idea why?
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1That's just how floating point arithmetic works. – Sirko May 07 '15 at 09:22
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Even better: http://stackoverflow.com/q/588004/572670 – amit May 07 '15 at 09:23
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Can some other gold badger reopen and close as the new link? http://stackoverflow.com/q/588004/572670 I have the hammer only once :( – amit May 07 '15 at 09:23
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Please have a look here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/322749/retain-precision-with-doubles-in-java – Reena Upadhyay May 07 '15 at 09:25