Double math problem

so, i want to give my players every second some money,

the problem is, i dont understand how the game comes to this double:

Code:

player:
  iRaphi:
    fnd: 5.018000000000001

Math part:

Code:java

public void addFND(Player p, double i){
        this.getConfig().set("player."+p.getName()+".fnd", getConfig().getDouble("player."+p.getName()+".fnd") + i);
        saveConfig();
    }

Usage:

addFND(a, 0.006);

5.006 + 0.006 = 5.012 + 0.006 = 5.018


Why does it come up with this big number?

 

jebbo I didnt quite understood... but maybe this
Double d = config.get("player." + p.getName() + ".fnd");
config.set("player." + p.getName() + ".fnd", d + i);

also, you might want to use UUID instead of names...

 

jebbo This could be an error with bukkit itself or a rounding error with java. Either way, you can either ignore the issue entirely because adding 1/100000000 to any number isnt going to affect it much, or you can use the NumberFormat class to set the maximum and minimum faction digits to 3 after you input the data

 

RegalMachine might be right...
have you thought about using integers only?

 

Yes, but our currency is made like this already on the website so we really want to use doubles..

 

Well, you can format an double using:

Code:java

new DecimalFormat("0.00").format(i);
// i'll return a string but I belive this format is possible to save as a Double (or it'll give you a "0,00", then just replace every , to . and you can Double.parseDouble again

 

Never use primitive floats or doubles for currency.

Use BigDecimal.

http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/math/BigDecimal.html

The problem is that some base 10 numbers can't be represented exactly in base 2. Just like how 1/3 can be represented exactly in base 3, but not base 10.

So, if you're a computer, and you speak base 10, and a human who speaks base three asks you to store ".1", you convert it to decimal, only to get .33333333333. You store as much precision as you can. Now, let's say they want you to add ".2" to it. You convert it to base 10, and add .6666... to .3333... and get .9999. You convert this into base 3, and give the user some number slightly lower than 1 (closer to 1 if you're a computer who can store many digits of precision, further from 1 if you can't store as many).

This is what's happening to you, except that you speak base 10 and the computer speaks base 2.

 

This is related to how computer actually stores float point numbers. Nothing that you can do with it and it's ok, don't worry. If you need to display only some digits, and don't want such big number to be displayed, use DecimalFormat

Bla bla bla, BigDecimal, precision, blablabla, who needs such precision for currency, esepcially in game, only creating more problems with saving and reading it, making developer write own saving/reading method instead of FileConfiguration use.

 

For storing currency in a Bukkit plugin, it's not a big deal.

For real-world currency storage, especially in high-volume trading applications, it's a very big deal