Re: floor problems
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- Subject: [mg8191] Re: [mg8113] floor problems
- From: "Sherman.Reed" <sherman.reed at worldnet.att.net>
- Date: Mon, 18 Aug 1997 23:24:40 -0400
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
Tom, a work around is the following: Floor[(7/10)*67*10] equals 469 also Floor[7*10*(7/10)] also equals 469 I wouldn't want to guess at the problem, but I suspect WRI will have a good comment. Sherman C. Reed sherman.reed at worldnet.att.net ---------- > From: Tom <toad at planet.eon.net> > Subject: [mg8191] [mg8113] floor problems > Date: Monday, August 11, 1997 11:54 PM > > Hello Mathematica users. > > I had a very frustrating time trying to debug some work I was doing in > Mathematica. I finally pared it down to a problem with the Floor > function, and I have illustrated my concern below. I am using M 3.0 and > a Mac computer. Does anyone have any advice or could you tell me if I > am doing something wrong? > > Floor[(.7 67 10)] > > 469 > > Floor[(67 10 .7)] > > 468 > > Sincerely, > > Tom De Vries > -- > Vermilion Home Education Program > > Tom De Vries > > 11003 - 132 st. > Edmonton, AB > Canada > T5M 1E4 > > Phone: (403)451-5822 > Fax: (403)454-0173 > > email: tom.devries at schoolofhope.org > email: toad at planet.eon.net