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From: "Data _null_;" on 3 Mar 2010 13:31
No BUG. Search as support.sas.com for "numeric precison 101"

2259 data a;
2260 a=1.11;
2261 b=a-1;
2262 d = .11;
2263 if b=.11 then c=1;
2264 put (b d)(=hex16./);
2265 run;

b=3FBC28F5C28F5C30
d=3FBC28F5C28F5C29


On 3/3/10, Stefano Vezzoli <s.vezzoli(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> In the following data step I obtain a really unexpected result:
>
> data a;
> a=1.11;
> b=a-1;
> if b=.11 then c=1;
> run;
>
> c=. on my versions of SAS 9.2, 9.1.3 and 8.2.
>
> Do you have the same problem or maybe know the reason behind this strange
> behaviour?
>
> Thank you very much for your help.
>
>
> Stefano
>
From: Stefano Vezzoli on 4 Mar 2010 00:44
Thank you very much for your help.


Stefano
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