[issue43291] elementary multiplication by 0.01 error

[Raymond Hettinger]

Raymond Hettinger <raymond.hettinger at gmail.com> added the comment:

Here is an explanation for the behavior you're seeing:

   https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/floatingpoint.html

Here is another famous resource on the subject:

   https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E19957-01/806-3568/ncg_goldberg.html

For exact decimal arithmetic, consider using the decimal module:

   https://docs.python.org/3/library/decimal.html#module-decimal

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nosy: +rhettinger
resolution:  -> not a bug
stage:  -> resolved
status: open -> closed

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