[perl #24092] sprintf problem

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Hello guys,

I try to round 1.045 on my Perl (v5.6.1) but output is very strange:
perl -e "print sprintf('%.2f', '1.045')"
1.04
perl -e "print sprintf('%.2f', '1.0451')"
1.05
Is it the bug?
Thanks.

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Alex

• [perl #24092] sprintf problem by Alex
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