0 is not equal 0?

I have this weird case where I am calculating cosine of a bunch of numbers, one of which is 0.5 * pi (ie. 180 degrees), which should be equal to 0 and that’s what it says. But when I check the number if it is equal to 0 I get false (see first line in the panels)

What am I missing?


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Panels aren’t reliable for seeing the complete float.

Oh. So cosine doesn’t calculate to proper 0. Then why display values at “0.5 * pi”, but then not actually use pi properly!?

Guess I’ll have to round to some significant numbers.

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