andysc@houxv.UUCP (A.SCHLAFLY) (05/02/86)
'bc' seems to have trouble retaining accuracy with base 16. Try the following example, done on a VAX 11/780 under UNIX V rel 2v2 (but similar behavior found on other machines): $ bc ibase=16 obase=10 scale=30 x=0.3333 x ".332" x*2 ".665" x*2.0000 ".66594A" x=.33330000 x ".3332FF" Can anybody offer an explanation? Thanks in advance. Andy Schlafly ...ihnp4!houxv!andysc