0.000226*1000 not give 0.226 but 0.22599999999999998

Asked Jul 24 '19 at 19:53

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Why isn't the result of the following code 0.226?

In[6]: 0.000226*1000
Out[6]: 0.22599999999999998

I use python 3.6.

asked Jul 24 '19 at 19:53

qinlong

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floating point maths, it's broken folks – Chris_Rands Jul 24 '19 at 19:56
https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/floatingpoint.html – Andrej Kesely Jul 24 '19 at 19:58

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