code not true?

[Moshe Zadka]

On Sat, 22 Apr 2000 jeff_islay at my-deja.com wrote:

> Why does the second example return false?
> 
> >>> print 7.0 == 7
> 1
> >>> print (.07 * 100) == 7
> 0

Because computers represent floats with too little bits.
Never ever compare two floats for equality!

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