Talk:Price fraction

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Revision as of 01:34, 16 March 2010 by rosettacode>IanOsgood (no, java Currency doesn't do that...)

Table extension

What do you get for an input price of 0.99 or 1.00? --Paddy3118 09:56, 15 March 2010 (UTC)

What about invalid values?

What's supposed to happen if you get a negative number, or a number greater than 1.01? -- Eriksiers 19:13, 15 March 2010 (UTC)

Floating point for money?!

Floating point for money? Don't they teach kids anything these days? --IanOsgood 20:15, 15 March 2010 (UTC)

I've had that exact conversation with a friend in the past few weeks. All I can say is... I (at least) never think of the problems, or the alternatives. -- Eriksiers 20:44, 15 March 2010 (UTC)
Two topics on the original wiki, Floating Point Currency and Money Object, contain many anecdotes, cautionary tales, and useful links. For a toy problem like this, using an integer in units of cents should suffice. --IanOsgood 01:29, 16 March 2010 (UTC)
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