Re: 0.3*3 == 0.9?

[Sergei Steshenko]

--- On Wed, 8/25/10, Michael Creel <address@hidden> wrote:

From: Michael Creel <address@hidden>
Subject: 0.3*3 == 0.9?
To: "Octave ML" <address@hidden>
Date: Wednesday, August 25, 2010, 7:13 AM

Before filing a bug report, I wanted to check if for some reason this is 
expected behavior, or if it has been fixed in the development sources. I'm 
running the snapshot before the most recent one.Thanks,
Michael
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octave:1> 0.3*2 == 0.6ans =  1octave:2> 0.3*3 == 0.9ans = 0octave:3> 


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Before dealing with numerical stuff:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floating_point

- specifically, pay attention to various radix issues.

Regards,
  Sergei.