[Maxima-discuss] makelist

[Michel G. <mg...@gm...>]

Hello

Don't you think this answer from maxima can be strange for a beginner ?
I understand the answer knowing how maxima find this result with floating
numbers, but it may be better :

(%i54) makelist(k,k,0,1,0.1);
(%o54)
[0,0.1,0.2,0.3,0.4,0.5,0.6,0.7,0.7999999999999999,0.8999999999999999,0.9999999999999999]

For correct result, makelist(k,k,0,1,1/10) then float(%)
Mathematica gives the exact answer :
Table[k, {k, 0, 1,0.1}]
{0,0.1,0.2,0.3,0.4,0.5,0.6,0.7,0.8,0.9,1.}

Regards