WD98: Table Sum Rounds Incorrectly on Large Numbers
Article ID: 177893
Article Last Modified on 10/31/2006
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Word 98 for Macintosh
This article was previously published under Q177893
SYMPTOMS
When you sum a number in a table that is greater than 15 decimal places,
the number is rounded to the nearest 10.
For example, the following 16 digit number rounds to the nearest 10th.
6553565535655351 + 1 = 6553565535655350
CAUSE
This is a limitation of the floating-point processor. The exact behavior of
a floating-point calculation is hardware dependent.
Additional query words: OFF98 floating point
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