Bad Floating Point Addition <vb.net>

[NeuralJack]

This is an odd problem, and I'm not sure how it's arising. But Given this code the floating point addition gets messed up by 0.000000000000001 every so often. Is there a way to stop it?

 

 Dim Single1 As Single = 0
 Dim AddAmount As Single = 0.001

 For i As Integer = 0 To 2000
     Single1 = Single1 + AddAmount
     Debug.WriteLine(Single1.ToString)
 Next

 

 

In the Debug Window This happens now and then:

0.025
0.026
0.027
0.028
0.029
0.03
0.031
0.032
0.033
0.034
0.035
0.03599999
0.03699999
0.03799999

or 

1.047
1.048
1.049
1.05
1.051
1.05199999999999
1.05299999999999
1.05399999999999

[mskeel]

That's just the nature of the beast with floats. There are limitations to the accuracy when representing floats. Try using Decimal types instead.

[NeuralJack]

bah, ok thanks for the info