From: Joel VanderWerf <vjoel@...>
Date: 2002-09-14T04:15:08+09:00
Subject: Re: float precision

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?

irb(main):001:0> a = 20020912.194220
20020912.19
irb(main):002:0> printf "%.6f", a
20020912.194220nil

The precision is still there. It must just be how irb chooses to display 
numbers.