Bug #75558 [Nab]: Float to integer conversion

From: Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2017 11:17:44 +0000
Subject: Bug #75558 [Nab]: Float to integer conversion
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 ID:                 75558
 User updated by:    cyrille dot php at giquello dot fr
 Reported by:        cyrille dot php at giquello dot fr
 Summary:            Float to integer conversion
 Status:             Not a bug
 Type:               Bug
 Package:            *General Issues
 Operating System:   Ubuntu 16.04
 PHP Version:        7.1.11
 Block user comment: N
 Private report:     N

 New Comment:

In Java

    float a = (float) (103.24 * 6 * Math.pow(10,2)) ;
    System.out.println( a ); // print 61944.0
    System.out.println( (int) a ); // print 61944, not 61943


Previous Comments:
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[2017-11-23 11:15:03] cyrille dot php at giquello dot fr

I do not want to round() but only truncate decimal part, if one exists.

You're example well show that integer casting make lost one unit on a number without decimal :

php > echo (int)( 103.24 * 6 * 10**2);
61943

Perhaps it's not a bug, I've just to learn the well use of float.

Thanks for your answer.
Cheers.

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[2017-11-23 11:06:20] spam2 at rhsoft dot net

> If you don't want truncating conversion

where are the decimal parts which could be truncated?

php > echo 103.24 * 6 * 10**2;
61944

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[2017-11-23 11:03:21] nikic@php.net

I have no idea what you tried in Python and Java, but it was clearly something else, because these
are standard floating point semantics that are consistent across all languages. I've just
checked (int)(103.24 * 6 * 10**2) on Python 3.6 and it indeed gives 61943, as expected.

If you don't want truncating conversion ("round down" for positive numbers),
don't use integer casts, or ensure that the floating point number represents an exact integer
beforehand, by using round().

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[2017-11-23 10:59:28] spam2 at rhsoft dot net

that's indeed a joke

php > echo 103.24 * 6 * 10**2;
61944

php > echo round(( 103.24 * 6 * 10**2));
61944

php > echo (int)( 103.24 * 6 * 10**2);
61943

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[2017-11-23 10:59:00] cyrille dot php at giquello dot fr

Another test script:

Test script:
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php -r '$a=( 103.24*6*10**2); echo
$a,"=",intval($a),"=",intval(61944.0),"\n";'

Expected result:
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61944=61944=61944

Actual result:
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61944=61943=61944

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