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BASIC Source File  |  1992-05-12  |  324b  |  19 lines
  1. '*********** CHAP8-6.BAS - illustrates floating point math rounding errors
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  3. 'Copyright (c) 1992 Ethan Winer
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  5. Value! = 1!
  6. Result! = 2!
  7. CLS
  8.  
  9. FOR X = 1 TO 1000
  10.   Value! = Value! + .001
  11. NEXT
  12.  
  13. IF Value! = Result! THEN
  14.   PRINT "They are equal"
  15. ELSE
  16.   PRINT "Value! ="; Value!
  17.   PRINT "Result! ="; Result!
  18. END IF
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