Re: 10^2 error. Bug or expected behavior?

[Jon Paris <jon.paris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The degree and frequency with which it will produce "incorrect" results Chris depends on the size and values involved. 

Inaccuracy is implicit in floating point operations. You may have lucked out but it is indeed expected behaviour.


Jon Paris
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> On Jun 17, 2025, at 5:57 PM, Hiebert, Chris via RPG400-L <rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> I argue that it's not "expected" behavior.
>
> We had this exact same issue come up and the code worked as expected last year.
> Without any rounding issues.
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> Subject: Re: 10^2 error. Bug or expected behavior?
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> Expected behavior. The Power will result in a float, and cause rounding
>
> error.
>
> Use %int
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