Closed Bug 409726 Opened 17 years ago Closed 17 years ago

rounding error with javascript (6 * 1.66 = 9.9566666666666666 instead of 9.96)

Categories

(Core :: JavaScript Engine, defect)

1.8 Branch
x86
Linux
defect
Not set
major

Tracking

()

RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 5856

People

(Reporter: artaxerxes2, Unassigned)

Details

User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.8.1.10) Gecko/20071213 Fedora/2.0.0.10-3.fc8 Firefox/2.0.0.10 pango-text Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.8.1.10) Gecko/20071213 Fedora/2.0.0.10-3.fc8 Firefox/2.0.0.10 pango-text firefox's javascript engine fails to return a simple result from a multiplication between an integer and a float. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: Create a page with the following code: <input type="button" onclick="alert(6 * 1.66)" /> It will return 9.95666666666666 instead of 9.96. Actual Results: 9.956666666666 Expected Results: 9.96 If you multiply with 60 or with 600 instead of 6, you get the expected results.
Assignee: nobody → general
Component: General → JavaScript Engine
Product: Firefox → Core
QA Contact: general → general
Version: unspecified → 1.8 Branch
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 17 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
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