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THe problem is , I dont know what will come in the $num. It is an xpath. It comes from an XML element. SO sometimes, the element contains 988, and sometimes it contains 98.8 .. so my pseudo code actually is :" $num = /xpath/num var result = $num div 100 I wouldn't know if it will be a double that I will be a decimal. Dak On Mon, Jan 19, 2015 at 10:57 AM, G. Ken Holman g.ken.holman@xxxxxxxxx <xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > At 2015-01-19 15:46 +0000, Mailing Lists Mail daktapaal@xxxxxxxxx wrote: >> >> I have a value 9.88 , I use the div to do an operation >> >> Pseudo code: >> >> var num = 9.88 >> var result = $num div 100 >> >> I expect 0.0988 .. I get 0.09880000000000001 >> >> I am using Saxon-EE-9.5.1-5.jar >> >> What is happening? > > > What is happening is that doing the arithmetic with the binary > representations of 9.88 and 100 create a result in binary that when > precisely converted to decimal give you the result you see. > > As Martin suggests, if you are using XSLT 2 then you can use decimal > representations of your values and do arithmetic with those. > > I hope this helps understand the issue. > > . . . . . . Ken > > -- > Check our site for free XML, XSLT, XSL-FO and UBL developer resources | > Free 5-hour lecture: http://www.CraneSoftwrights.com/links/video.htm | > Crane Softwrights Ltd. http://www.CraneSoftwrights.com/s/ | > G. Ken Holman mailto:gkholman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx | > Google+ profile: http://plus.google.com/+GKenHolman-Crane/about | > Legal business disclaimers: http://www.CraneSoftwrights.com/legal | > > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > http://www.avast.com
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