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Bug #76515 if you multiply 1.9 by 3 and if you ta subtract the same the result is not zero
Submitted: 2018-06-22 02:34 UTC Modified: 2018-06-22 02:35 UTC
From: manuel dot cs dot hr at gmail dot com Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: Math related
PHP Version: 7.0Git-2018-06-22 (Git) OS: Linux
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2018-06-22 02:34 UTC] manuel dot cs dot hr at gmail dot com 
Description:
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if you multiply 1.9 by 3 the result is 5.7
and if you ta subtract the result 5.7 the answer is not zero

Test script:
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<?php
$qty = 3;
$val1 = 1.9;
$discount = 5.7;

$items_ = $val1 * $qty ;

$result = $items_ - $discount;

var_dump($result);


?>

Expected result:
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$result = 0;

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 [2018-06-22 02:35 UTC] requinix@php.net
-Status: Open +Status: Not a bug
 [2018-06-22 02:35 UTC] requinix@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://www.floating-point-gui.de/

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