I can't find the reson for the following out put from for loop.
for loop
for($i=5; $i>0; $i=$i-.1){
echo $i.'<br>';
}
result is,
5
4.9
4.8
4.7
4.6
4.5
4.4
4.3
4.2
4.1
4
3.9
3.8
3.7
3.6
3.5
3.4
3.3
3.2
3.1
3
2.9
2.8
2.7
2.6
2.5
2.4
2.3
2.2
2.1
2
1.9
1.8
1.7
1.6
1.5
1.4
1.3
1.2
1.1
1
0.9
0.8
0.7
0.6
0.5
0.4
0.3
0.2
0.1
1.0269562977783E-15
why does it print 1.0269562977783E-15? For me it should be quite before 0 that is after .1
First of all, 0.1 is the worst enemy of binary float point because there is no accurate way to represent it. There are a lot of decimal point number that cannot be accurately represent with binary float point. In this case, you can adjust your loop to
for($i = 50; $i > 0; $i = $i - 1){
echo $i / 10.0 . '<br>';
}
This has to do with the floating point precision in PHP, but i don't know what causes this exact result on the last iteration.
Still, if you want to correctly show the output:
printf('%f', $i);