** Python learning output. ** **
The math module has a .isclose () function.
Used when comparing float type numerical values. Whether each is an approximation.
>>> import math
>>> math.isclose(0.1+0.1+0.1, 0.3)
True
As a general premise, computer hardware, including Python, cannot accurately represent floating point numbers. Since it is expressed as a binary fraction, for example, a binary fraction
0.001
Is
0/2 + 0/4 + 1/8
It becomes the value.
However, most decimals cannot be accurately represented as binary fractions, so approximate values are stored.
To get the exact value of the float type, use the float.as_integer_ratio () method. Substituting 3 for x and using this method to express the exact value as a rational number ...
>>> x = 0.3
>>> x.as_integer_ratio()
(5404319552844595, 18014398509481984)
>>> x == 5404319552844595 / 18014398509481984
True
>>> 5404319552844595 / 18014398509481984
0.3
Somehow amazing.
Now substitute 0.1 for x and multiply by 3. Then
>>> x = 0.1
>>> x.as_integer_ratio()
(3602879701896397, 36028797018963968)
>>> 3602879701896397 / 36028797018963968
0.1
>>> 3602879701896397 / 36028797018963968 * 3
0.30000000000000004
like this. Therefore, the conditional expression of 0.1 + 0.1 + 0.1 == 0.3 does not hold.
However, 0.30000000000000004 can be said to be an approximation of 0.3. Therefore, as mentioned above,
>>> import math
>>> math.isclose(0.1+0.1+0.1, 0.3)
True
The .isclose () function returns True.
reference Official Python documentation: 15. Floating Point Arithmetic, Its Problems and Limitations
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