Question

Any reason why c shouldn’t equal 0.321?

>>> from math import ceil
>>> a = 123.321
>>> b = a % 60
>>> b
3.320999999999998
>>> ceil(b)
4.0
>>> c = ceil(b) - b
>>> c
0.679000000000002

Update:

For anyone wanting to know how I got the value I was looking for:

>>> c = b - floor(b)

Answer 1

You’re going to facepalm in about five minutes 😛

ceil(b) is 4.0
b is 3.320999999999998

So ceil(b) – b should be 4.0 - 3.320999999999998. Try putting that in your calculator and you’ll see why c isn’t equal to 0.321.

If you’re trying to get c equal to .321, you should probably do b – floor(b).