Re: string_format rounding error..

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On Tue, Jan 23, 2007 at 11:31:49AM +0000, Jonathan Lozinski wrote:
> Smarty Version: 2.6.0  (on debian stable)
> There is a rounding problme with .xx5 on smarty's string_format:"%.2f" 
> modifier.  This some times get correct, other times not.

string_format uses php's sprintf() internally and thus inherits all
bugs and limitations from it.

for example: http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=35442

> I can't seem 
> to find why this is, but here is code that should reproduce said problem:
> 
>    {% assign var="vat" value="0.525" %}
>    {% assign var="total" value="10.95" %}
>    {% math equation="x+y" x=$total y=$vat assign="total_total" %}
>    {% $vat %}<br/>
>    {% $vat|string_format:"%.2f" %}<br/>
>    {% $total %}<br/>
>    {% $total|string_format:"%.2f" %}<br/>
>    {% $total_total %}<br/>   
>    {% $total_total|string_format:"%.2f" %}<br/>   
> 
> Expected output
> 
> 0.525
> 0.53
> 10.95
> 10.95
> 11.475
> 11.48
> 
> Actual output
> 0.525
> 0.53
> 10.95
> 10.95
> 11.475
> 11.47
> 
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