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Bug #42333 double precision error
Submitted: 2007-08-18 00:14 UTC Modified: 2007-08-18 00:32 UTC
From: boydell at orbsix dot com Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: Math related
PHP Version: 5.2.3 OS: WinXP, Linux
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2007-08-18 00:14 UTC] boydell at orbsix dot com 
Description:
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The math on the following should be zero.

echo (65 + 50 - 50 + 15 - 15 + 100 - 100 + 50 + 16.50 - 36.50 + 88.21 - 38.21 - 145);

but we get: -2.84217094304E-14




Reproduce code:
---------------
$list = array(65, 50, -50, 15, -15, 100, -100, 50, 16.50, -36.50, 88.21, -38.21, -145);
$current = 0;
foreach($list as $number) {
	echo $current . "+" . $number . "=";
	$current += $number;
	echo $current . "\n<br>";
}


Expected result:
----------------
0+65=65
65+50=115
115+-50=65
65+15=80
80+-15=65
65+100=165
165+-100=65
65+50=115
115+16.5=131.5
131.5+-36.5=95
95+88.21=183.21
183.21+-38.21=145
145+-145=0

Actual result:
--------------
0+65=65
65+50=115
115+-50=65
65+15=80
80+-15=65
65+100=165
165+-100=65
65+50=115
115+16.5=131.5
131.5+-36.5=95
95+88.21=183.21
183.21+-38.21=145
145+-145=-2.8421709430404E-14

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 [2007-08-18 00:32 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
 
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