Annoying rounding issue in awk

Indalecio · #1 (**permalink**) 08-26-2008

Hello
I am getting this very annoying issue in awk:

Code:

awk '{a=12825;b=a*1.25; print b}' test
16031.2

Thing is the multiplication result is wrong... Result should be 16031.25.
I think the issue only happens on bigger numbers.

What can I do to get passed this?
Thanks by advance

tayyabq8 · #2 (**permalink**) 08-26-2008

Code:

awk '{a=12825;b=a*1.25; printf "%5.2f\n", b}' test

Indalecio · #3 (**permalink**) 08-26-2008

Edit: nevermind, I need to test more

Indalecio · #4 (**permalink**) 08-26-2008

Alright

This doesn't work:

Code:

awk '{ a="12825";  
          b="16031.25"; 
          c=a*1.25; 
          if (b != c) printf "%5.2f\t%5.2f\n",b,c  
      }' test

Edit: and replacing the strings by numbers does work ???

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