Weird problem.

[Erik Terpstra]

Why is the last expression false?


class Part
attr_reader :x, :y, :x2, :y2

def height
y2 - y
end

def initialize(x, y, x2, y2)
@x, @y, @x2, @y2 = x, y, x2, y2
end
end

part = Part.new(200.40, 248.32, 417.0, 306.52)

puts "part.height == #{part.height.inspect}" # part.height == 58.2

p part.height == 58.2 #-> false !!??

 

[Ryan Davis]

Why is the last expression false?
...
p part.height == 58.2 #-> false !!??

Same reason in pretty much every other language. Floating point
arithmetic is imprecise.

p part.height - 58.2 #-> -1.4210854715202e-14

If you look in test/unit/assertions.rb you'll find assert_in_delta
(f1, f2, d) for exactly this reason.

 

[Erik Terpstra]

Same reason in pretty much every other language. Floating point
arithmetic is imprecise.

p part.height - 58.2 #-> -1.4210854715202e-14

If you look in test/unit/assertions.rb you'll find assert_in_delta (f1,
f2, d) for exactly this reason.

Thanks a lot, I should have known this.

Cheers,

Erik.