1.265 * 10000 = 126499.99999999999? [duplicate]

Answer 1

You might want to read this.

Answer 2

On the other hand, 126500 IS equal to 126499.99999999.... :)

Just like 1 is equal to 0.99999999....

Because 1 = 3 * 1/3 = 3 * 0.333333... = 0.99999999....

Answer 3

It's a result of floating point representation error. Not all numbers that have finite decimal representation have a finite binary floating point representation.

Answer 4

If you need a solution, stop using floats or doubles and start using BigDecimal. Check the BigDecimal implementation stz-ida.de/html/oss/js_bigdecimal.html.en

Answer 5

Even additions on the MS JScript engine : WScript.Echo(1083.6-1023.6) give 59.9999999