From: Paul Brannan <pbrannan@...>
Date: 2002-09-14T04:03:19+09:00
Subject: Re: float precision

On Sat, Sep 14, 2002 at 02:54:56AM +0900, Daniel Bretoi wrote:
> Sorry if this has been answered before.
> I'll demonstrate my question with irb.
> 
> irb(main):001:0> a = 20020912.194220
> 20020912.19
> 
> Why do I miss the last 5 digits when I try to assign a?

It's not missing; it's just not printed:

irb(main):001:0> class Float; def inspect; "%.10f" % self; end; end
nil
irb(main):002:0> a = 20020912.194220
20020912.1942199990