Re: Precision
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- Subject: [mg129365] Re: Precision
- From: Ray Koopman <koopman at sfu.ca>
- Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2013 23:07:20 -0500 (EST)
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On Jan 4, 11:17 pm, Rob Ryan <tio54... at gmail.com> wrote:
> My frustration is growing. I simply want to add (for example):
> 103971.66+52282.64+2998.27. These are dollars and cents and I'd
> like to keep the cents. But when I input that line, I get 159923.
> When I input: N[(103971.66+52282.64+2998.27),20] I STILL get 159923.
> What do I do to get 159952.57? I've used "SetPrecision", etc.
> with still no result.
> I note that when I type 103971.66 and hit shift-return, the
> output is 103972. If I then type "InputForm[%]" I get 103971.66.
>
> There simply has to be an easy way to add these numbers -
> any calculator watch can do it!
If you want the cents to *always* print, use PaddedForm with an
explicit request for 2 digits to the right of the decimal point.
s = 103971.66 + 52282.64 + 2998.27
NumberForm[s,8]
159253.
159252.57
t = s + .43
NumberForm[t,8]
NumberForm[t,{8,2}]
PaddedForm[t,{8,2}]
159253.
159253.
159253.
159253.00