I get the result -2.7755575615628914e-17 when my code 0.3 - 0.2 - 0.1 runs in Google Chrome browser. Why? and what does the wrong result stand for?
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Jeffrey Hill
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`-2.7...e-17` is scientific notation for `-0.000000000000000027...`. So, very very *very* close to 0. – deceze Sep 05 '19 at 06:41
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10.3 - 0.2 = 0.09999999999999998 and then (0.09999999999999998-0.1) resulted into -2.7755575615628914e-17 – ashish bandiwar Sep 05 '19 at 07:40