actionscript Number add and substract strange behavior

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Well i just got a problem, with the simple following code:

trace( 0.01+0.05 );  // 0.060000000000000005
trace( 0.03-0.01 );  // 0.019999999999999997

I mean i just want 0.01+0.05 give me 0.06 and 0.03-0.01 give me 0.02. Does someone have an idea how to retrieve the correct results ?

possible duplicate of [Is JavaScript's Floating-Point Math Broken?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/588004/is-javascripts-floating-point-math-broken) — dan04, Dec 17 '13 at 23:04

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 17 '13 at 14:22

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The imprecision is due to floating point arithmetic. 0.01, 0.05 and 0.03 are all floating point literals. Not every number (in fact, very few numbers) can be represented precisely in floating point.

For example, 0.5 can be but, 0.06 cannot. As a rule of thumb the first 15 significant figures will be correct.

For more details, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floating_point

answered Dec 17 '13 at 14:22

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Ok thanks i will go to int and divide by 100 for displaying as i just want precision of 2. – Benjamin BOUFFIER Dec 17 '13 at 14:27
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That's a pretty common way to get round the issue. Btw, are you modelling money? If so then use a currency type, if available. – Bathsheba Dec 17 '13 at 14:28

score -1 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 17 '13 at 14:22

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trace(Math.format((0.01+0.05), 2));

answered Dec 17 '13 at 14:22

Ballin

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actionscript Number add and substract strange behavior

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