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Bug #80163 An error in operating a cast to an int
Submitted: 2020-09-30 01:44 UTC Modified: 2020-09-30 01:47 UTC
From: peter dot j dot burling at skymesh dot com dot au Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: Math related
PHP Version: 7.3.22 OS: Linux - Fedora fc30.x86_64
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2020-09-30 01:44 UTC] peter dot j dot burling at skymesh dot com dot au
Description:
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Casting to an int where a subtraction equals 0.2, when multiplied by 10 and cast to an int returns a value of 1. If the subtraction equals 0.3 then the result of the above cast will equal 3

Test script:
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$kwatts = ((int)(($row[7]Â  - $row[4]) * 10))/10 ;
   with $row[7] = 55.40
   with $row[4] = 55.20
but returning a $kwatts value of 0.1

php > $a = 0.1;
php > $b = 0.3;
php > echo $b - $a ;
0.2
php > echo ($b - $a)* 10 ;
2
php > echo(int)($b - $a)* 10 ;
0
php > echo(int)(($b - $a)* 10) ;
1
php > echo(int)(10 * ($b - $a)) ;
1
php > echo(int)((10 * ($b - $a))) ;
1


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 [2020-09-30 01:47 UTC] requinix@php.net
-Status: Open +Status: Not a bug
 [2020-09-30 01:47 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/

Thank you for your interest in PHP.


 
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