Re: Clip[] doesn't work as expected
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- Subject: [mg115336] Re: Clip[] doesn't work as expected
- From: Bob Hanlon <hanlonr at cox.net>
- Date: Sat, 8 Jan 2011 03:37:19 -0500 (EST)
$Version
"8.0 for Mac OS X x86 (64-bit) (November 6, 2010)"
Clip[1.00000000000000036, {0., 1.}]
1.
Verifying that extra digits are not just suppressed for output display
% // InputForm
1.
Bob Hanlon
---- Yen Lee Loh <yenleeloh1 at gmail.com> wrote:
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On Mathematica v7.0.1 on Mac OS X,
Clip[1.00000000000000036, {0., 1.}]
gives
1.0000000000000004
upon close examination of the output. The documentation does not warn of
this behavior.
I have not checked if the same thing happens in Mathematica v8.
Just thought I would let you know.
Yen Lee