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Bug #42463 implicit sprintf round uses banker's algorithm.
Submitted: 2007-08-28 17:17 UTC Modified: 2007-08-28 21:36 UTC
From: dan dot ostrowski at gmail dot com Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: *General Issues
PHP Version: 5.2.3 OS: Linux
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2007-08-28 17:17 UTC] dan dot ostrowski at gmail dot com
Description:
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When rounding (implicitly) with sprintf, halfway values are rounded using a "banker's" algorithm instead of performing the way a call to round() would.

This seems inconsistent and counterintuitive for no particular reason.

Thanks!

Reproduce code:
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print sprintf("%2.2f", 0.015)."<br/>";
print sprintf("%2.2f", 0.025)."<br/>";
print sprintf("%2.2f", 0.035)."<br/>";
print sprintf("%2.2f", 0.045)."<br/>";
print "<br/>";
print round(0.015, 2)."<br/>";
print round(0.025, 2)."<br/>";
print round(0.035, 2)."<br/>";
print round(0.045, 2)."<br/>";

Expected result:
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0.02
0.03
0.04
0.05

0.02
0.03
0.04
0.05

Actual result:
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0.01
0.03
0.04
0.04

0.02
0.03
0.04
0.05

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 [2007-08-28 21:36 UTC] jani@php.net
Floating point values have a limited precision. Hence a value might 
not have the same string representation after any processing. That also
includes writing a floating point value in your script and directly 
printing it without any mathematical operations.

If you would like to know more about "floats" and what IEEE
754 is read this:
http://docs.sun.com/source/806-3568/ncg_goldberg.html
 
Thank you for your interest in PHP.


 
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