Why does a C# System.Decimal remember trailing zeros?
- by Rob Davey
Is there a reason that a C# System.Decimal remembers the number of trailing zeros it was entered with?
See the following example:
public void DoSomething()
{
decimal dec1 = 0.5M;
decimal dec2 = 0.50M;
Console.WriteLine(dec1); //Output: 0.5
Console.WriteLine(dec2); //Output: 0.50
Console.WriteLine(dec1 == dec2); //Output: True
}
The decimals are classed as equal, yet dec2 remembers that it was entered with an additional zero. What is the reason/purpose for this?
