From: Cliff Rowley <cliffrowley@...>
Date: 2007-08-11T10:38:18+09:00
Subject: Re: Quick Float question

Hank Gong wrote:
> This is because the 3.33333333333333 is not the exact value you got
> from 10.0/3.0. Ruby store more information you can't not see.
> So if  you want to compare the float, you can write it as
> (10.0/3.0 - 3.3333333333).abs <= 0.0001
>   
This is what I thought.  Thanks for clarifying that.  I need it 
primarily for unit testing, I'll try this technique and see how I go.

Thanks again

Cliff