Difference between value of sum obtained from program as compared to and the one obtained from command window
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I am adding four very small numbers in my program. The issue I am facing is the sum obtained from the program "obj" is coming out to be different than when I add the same four numbers in the command window. Why is the sum getting calculated wrongly when I run the program? How to fix it?
The green box displays the expected value of the sum while the red box has the incorrect result of adding I1t, I2t, I3t and I4t.
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Stephen23
2024-1-21
"The issue I am facing is the sum obtained from the program "obj" is coming out to be different than when I add the same four numbers in the command window."
The only issue here is that you are adding different numbers.
"Why is the sum getting calculated wrongly when I run the program?"
It is not wrong: when you add different numbers you will get a different result:
sum([-0.001335458063828,0.000057425539310,0.000971336765721,0.000306708780422])
sum([-0.0013,5.7426e-5,9.7134e-4,3.0671e-4])
So far absolutely no surprises.
"How to fix it?"
What is broken?
If you want to add exactly the same numbers then you will need to add exactly the same numbers. Adding exactly the same numbers does NOT mean adding some other numbers with a much lower precision.
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Sai Teja G
2024-1-21
Hi Chinmay,
I understand that you are attempting to add four numbers using two distinct methods. Let's execute both approaches now to comprehend the differences between them.
Case 1:
I1t = -0.001335458063828;
I2t = 0.000057425539310;
I3t = 0.000971336765721;
I4t = 0.000306708780422;
%obj = 0.000000013021625
obj=I1t+I2t+I3t+I4t
Case 2:
I1t = -0.0013;
I2t = 0.000057426;
I3t = 0.00097134;
I4t = 0.00030671;
%obj = 3.5476e-05
obj=I1t+I2t+I3t+I4t
Now you can clearly discern the difference between the two additions due to the variance in precision. This is the reason why you received different outputs in both cases. I hope this clarifies your doubt!
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