python浮点型精度_Python数组中的浮点精度

I apologize for the really simple and dumb question; however, why is there a difference in precision displayed for these two cases?

1)

>> test = numpy.array([0.22])

>> test2 = test[0] * 2

>> test2

0.44

2)

>> test = numpy.array([0.24])

>> test2 = test[0] * 2

>> test2

0.47999999999999998

I'm using python2.6.6 on 64-bit linux.

Thank you in advance for your help.

This also hold seems to hold for a list in python

>>> t = [0.22]

>>> t

[0.22]

>>> t = [0.24]

>>> t

[0.23999999999999999]

解决方案

Because they are different numbers and different numbers have different rounding effects.

(Practically any of the Related questions down the right-hand side will explain the cause of the rounding effects themselves.)

Okay, more serious answer. It appears that numpy performs some transformation or calculation on the numbers in an array:

>>> t = numpy.array([0.22])

>>> t[0]

0.22

>>> t = numpy.array([0.24])

>>> t[0]

0.23999999999999999

whereas Python doesn't automatically do this:

>>> t = 0.22

>>> t

0.22

>>> t = 0.24

>>> t

0.24

The rounding error is less than numpy's "eps" value for float, which implies that it should be treated as equal (and in fact, it is):

>>> abs(numpy.array([0.24])[0] - 0.24) < numpy.finfo(float).eps

True

>>> numpy.array([0.24])[0] == 0.24

True

But the reason that Python displays it as '0.24' and numpy doesn't is because Python's default float.__repr__ method uses lower precision (which, IIRC, was a pretty recent change):

>>> str(numpy.array([0.24])[0])

0.24

>>> '%0.17f' % 0.24

'0.23999999999999999'