CF 6.1 is wrong when performing BASIC math operations!!

[LuigiPia]

try this:

<cfoutput>
<cfset calc=652.06 - 652>
#calc#
</cfoutput>

The result should be 0.06, but CF returns 0.0599999999999 !

Does anybody know a workaround?

[CFMadness]

Not sure why it would do that, but it does it in CF4.1 as well. Try
this:

#Evaluate(Round(calc*100)/100)#

[eastinq]

<cfset calc=DecimalFormat(652.06 - 652)>

[cgsj_usa@yahoo.com]

I'm guessing that since CF is Java-based, a decimal value is stored as a float
value, which has so many bytes. Additionally, essentially, 0.0599999999999 =
0.06...that's pure Math, and I don't remember any of that, but take my
word...it is. :-)

Hope that this helps. Thanks.

Chris

[tjfrevert]

<cfset calc = (((652.06*100) - (652*100))/100)>