Hey Owain,
It is to do with how numbers are represented on computers. Have a look at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floating_point for a more detailed explanation.
Perhaps if you limit the output to a single decimal place then you'll get
22.8.
Cheers,
Stuart
2010/1/14 Owain Clarke <simbobo@???>
> Could anyone explain to me why 3*7.6 gives me 22.799999999999997? I have
> Python 2.5.2
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> Cheers
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> Owain Clarke
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