From: terra AT diku DOT dk (Morten Welinder)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: Problems with DJGPP V2.01 - atof() function
Date: 29 Nov 1996 15:00:17 GMT
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afonso AT inesca DOT inesca DOT pt writes:

>                char string[]="1.13";
>                int  result;
>                ...
>                result = (int)(atof(string)*100);
>                ...

>        I've got result = 112!!! not 113 as I wished, because
>the function atof() return is 1.29999... not 1.13 (and I only have
>an old i386).

Getting 112 is well within the C standard.  If your program does
not work in this situation then you have a bug.

Floating point numbers are not exactly represented; you will see
rounding errors.

Morten