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Re: Formulas in XML values

• From: Alessandro Vernet <avernet@scdi.org>
• To: xml-dev@lists.xml.org
• Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:58:50 -0700 (PDT)

Alain,


Alain COUTHURES wrote:
> 
> [...] Javascript eval() function is enough for perfect results with +, -
> and * 
> operators and decimal numbers.
> 

I wouldn't say that .7+.1 returning 0.7999999999999999 is "perfect" ;).

Alex

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