Round half to even on decimal
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00:00 Round Half To Even On Decimal
00:54 Accepted Answer Score 7
01:09 Thank you
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https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2696...
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ACCEPTED ANSWER
Score 7
The problem is the finite precision of floating point values:
>>> '%.18f' % 1.225
'1.225000000000000089'
>>> '%.18f' % 1.2225
'1.222499999999999920'
>>> '%.18f' % 1.22225
'1.222250000000000059'
>>> '%.18f' % 1.222225
'1.222224999999999895'
Pythons Decimal-class is exact in this sense.