29 = 28 ?!?

[zeropointone]

I need some help with this problem.

MsgBox(0, "", 0.29 * 100)

If I run this code, it outputs the value 29, as it should.

But...

MsgBox(0, "", Floor(0.29 * 100))

If I run this code, it outputs the value 28. ?!

Can anyone help me out here?

[czardas]

The problem is that 0.29 is a floating point number. The calculated answer is also a float, very close, but not quite 29. Using Floor() is correctly removing everything after the decimal point and returning 28. Check out  the function Round(), it should be useful here. Also see Int().

Edited April 28, 2014 by czardas

[zeropointone]

Thanks czardas, I'll test those functions on my code soon.

If the problem is a floating point arithmetic error, then I'd expect 0.29 * 100 to equal 28.9999...

But 0.29 * 100 = 29 in both AutoIt and C++, so that's why I was hoping there was another work around!

[czardas]

Floor() is meant to behave that way. Floor(28.9999999999999) returns 28, and Ceiling(1.00000000000001) returns 2.

Edited April 28, 2014 by czardas

[Unc3nZureD]

Try this one:

MsgBox(0, "", Floor(0.29 * 100))
MsgBox(0, "", Floor(0.39 * 100))

Then why does the second one works, meanwhile the first isn't? I've got no idea what's going on