From: Jan Hendrickx <jan@...>
Date: 2011-12-16T20:51:48+09:00
Subject: Rounding error?

Hi there,

I'm an absolute beginner in Ruby...

Here's my problem:

print("Length: ")
s = gets()
length = s.to_f
print("Width: ")
s = gets()
width = s.to_f
surface = length * width
puts("Surface = #{length} x #{width} = #{surface}")


When running this code, it asks for Length and Width as expected, but
when I type the values 4.9 and 5.9 it gives 28.910000000000004 as
result.
The values 3.9 and 3.9 give 15.20999999999999 as result.
What do I need to do to avoid these rounding-errors?

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