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Bug #13671 error of subtraction
Submitted: 2001-10-15 08:28 UTC Modified: 2001-10-15 08:51 UTC
From: c dot bolerichard at fabi dot fr Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: *Math Functions
PHP Version: 4.0.5 OS: linux
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2001-10-15 08:28 UTC] c dot bolerichard at fabi dot fr 
These subtractions are false :

$r1 = 1.13 - 1.12;
$r2 = 1.12 - 1.13;

echo "$r1"; /* return : 0.0099999999999998 */
echo "$r2"; /* return : -0.0099999999999998 */

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 [2001-10-15 08:49 UTC] derick@php.net 
They are fine, this is how floating point numbers work. You store ~1.12 and ~1.13, not exactly 1.12 and 1.13.
Not a bug.

Derick
 [2001-10-15 08:51 UTC] hholzgra@php.net 
see also the note on floating point precision on
http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.types.float.php
 
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