[Tutor] precision handling

[Alan Gauld]

On 30/09/2021 09:07, Msd De wrote:
> Hello,
> The two same numbers generated in python 2.7 when subtracted should give
> zero. Instead it gives - 4.7393372903e-07.

You do realize that Python 2.7 is unsupported legacy software?
You should really be using Python 3 by now.

> The number are given below:
> 
> 176697092.941 - 176697092.941 = - 4.7393372903e-07

Not in any version of python I've tried - including 2.7.

Can we see your actual code and output?
And which OS too, just to be sure.

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