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Thread: I am new to java -could you please tell me why output appearing like this?????

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    Default I am new to java -could you please tell me why output appearing like this?????

    Below is the program i wrote.

    class Value
    {
    public static void main(String [] args)
    {
    float v=2.234567f;
    System.out.println("the valu of v="+v);
    }
    }

    1) When i give the valu of v=2.234567f provide output as "the valu of v=2.234567"
    2)When i give the value of v=2.2345678f it provides output as"the valu of v=2.2345679" [ i thought the ouput will 2.2345678]
    3)When i give the value of v=2.2345679f it provides output as "the valu of v=2.2345679"[my doubt is for the value of v in step 2 and the value of v in step 3 gives the same output why??].


    Thanks in advance for clarifying and looking into my doubt.

    Regards,
    purni.


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    Default Re: I am new to java -could you please tell me why output appearing like this?????

    Google: "what every computer scientist should know about floating point arithmetic".

    The gist: computers have trouble representing exact decimals in binary. You're seeing the expected behavior.
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