Calculator bug

AlphaVictor87 said:

Well that's just weird...

but i do have to ask, what were you doing that you figured this out?

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crispyking said:

I've never seen 9.999999 rounded up to 1 before. It's usually 10.

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Carlanga said:

The same thing happens if you 9.99999999 * 1.1 it gives 11 in portrait and 10.999999989 in landscape.

The calculator app rounds off it there are more nines after what the screen can show. That is just rounding off coding I guess, I don't see this as a defect since in landscape it has more space to be more precise.

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Carlanga said:

The same thing happens if you 9.99999999 * 1.1 it gives 11 in portrait and 10.999999989 in landscape.

The calculator app rounds off it there are more nines after what the screen can show. That is just rounding off coding I guess, I don't see this as a defect since in landscape it has more space to be more precise.

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crispyking said:

I've never seen 9.999999 rounded up to 1 before. It's usually 10.

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crispyking said:

The square root of 10 is 3.16227766

So can you fire up the default iPhone calculator (in standard portrait mode) and enter
3.16227766 x 3.16227766
It will equal 1. It shouldn't.

Try 10 / 3.16227766
Should be 3.16227766
Now multiply that result by 3.16227766
You'll get 10.

So, why didn't the first example work?

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