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Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2005 14:17:49 +0200
From: Peter Mueller <peter.mueller.ls@elimpex.com>
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Subject: Re: Bug in printf ?
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Hi!


Peter J. Acklam wrote:

>haro@kgt.co.jp wrote:
>
>  
>
>>::How come "0.125" gets printed as "0.12", and not "1.3"?
>>                                                    ^^^ "0.13", off cource ;-)
>>    
>>
>
>Dealing with integers illustrates the matter more clearly. When
>the decimal value is exactly 0.5, then printf should round to the
>nearest *even* integer, as far as I know, so you should get
>  
>
Never heard of such a rule!
As I learned it in school, 0.5 should allways be rounded to 1 .


Bye, Peter
WOTLmade

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