Re: A Contest

[Gordon McComb <gmccomb@ix.netcom.com>]

I got 0.79999999999999993.  This looks right considering the bugs involved.
Which one is affecting you?

 1.  You're using eval under Windows 3.1.  It'll kill Netscape dead.
 2.  You're using one of the platforms that exhibits rounding error with
floats.  We were just talking about this in the mailing list yesterday on
how to re-round the value.

Here's the working script I used:

<SCRIPT>
document.write(eval(0.85-0.05))
document.write("<BR>")
</SCRIPT>

At 04:50 AM 3/3/96 -0500, you wrote:
>To All:
>
>I hereby declare a contest, the winner wins the resault amount in dollars !!!
>Terms:He who first finds a 'fix' to the following script, so it gives the
>correct answer(by the widespread euclidean system). AND explains the
>existing resualt.
>
>Here it is:
>document.write(eval(0.85-0.05))
>
>The check is waiting for YOU !
>
>Ellie.
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