Why does this algorithm yield an 'incorrect' result?
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The following code yields cumul_total = 2.000000000026658e+05 . What is the '26658' on the end? Why does this occur?
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A = (0.2);
cumul_total = (0.0);
for iii = 1:1e6
cumul_total = cumul_total + A;
end
cumul_total
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This is a consequence of accumulating the small errors inherent to floating-point representations of numbers.
A = 0.2;
S = 0;
% watch the error
format long
for k = 1:100
S = S+A
end
Note the remarks on accuracy and pitfalls here.
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