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[jira] [Resolved] (SPARK-45786) Inaccurate Decimal multiplication and division results

     [ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SPARK-45786?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:all-tabpanel ]

Dongjoon Hyun resolved SPARK-45786.
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    Fix Version/s: 3.4.2
                   4.0.0
                   3.5.1
         Assignee: Kazuyuki Tanimura
       Resolution: Fixed

This is resolved via [https://github.com/apache/spark/pull/43678]

> Inaccurate Decimal multiplication and division results
> ------------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: SPARK-45786
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SPARK-45786
>             Project: Spark
>          Issue Type: Bug
>          Components: SQL
>    Affects Versions: 3.2.4, 3.3.3, 3.4.1, 3.5.0, 4.0.0
>            Reporter: Kazuyuki Tanimura
>            Assignee: Kazuyuki Tanimura
>            Priority: Blocker
>              Labels: correctness, pull-request-available
>             Fix For: 3.4.2, 4.0.0, 3.5.1
>
>
> Decimal multiplication and division results may be inaccurate due to rounding issues.
> h2. Multiplication:
> {code:scala}
> scala> sql("select  -14120025096157587712113961295153.858047 * -0.4652").show(truncate=false)
> +----------------------------------------------------+                          
> |(-14120025096157587712113961295153.858047 * -0.4652)|
> +----------------------------------------------------+
> |6568635674732509803675414794505.574764              |
> +----------------------------------------------------+
> {code}
> The correct answer is
> {quote}6568635674732509803675414794505.574763
> {quote}
> Please note that the last digit is 3 instead of 4 as
>  
> {code:scala}
> scala> java.math.BigDecimal("-14120025096157587712113961295153.858047").multiply(java.math.BigDecimal("-0.4652"))
> val res21: java.math.BigDecimal = 6568635674732509803675414794505.5747634644
> {code}
> Since the factional part .574763 is followed by 4644, it should not be rounded up.
> h2. Division:
> {code:scala}
> scala> sql("select -0.172787979 / 533704665545018957788294905796.5").show(truncate=false)
> +-------------------------------------------------+
> |(-0.172787979 / 533704665545018957788294905796.5)|
> +-------------------------------------------------+
> |-3.237521E-31                                    |
> +-------------------------------------------------+
> {code}
> The correct answer is
> {quote}-3.237520E-31
> {quote}
> Please note that the last digit is 0 instead of 1 as
>  
> {code:scala}
> scala> java.math.BigDecimal("-0.172787979").divide(java.math.BigDecimal("533704665545018957788294905796.5"), 100, java.math.RoundingMode.DOWN)
> val res22: java.math.BigDecimal = -3.237520489418037889998826491401059986665344697406144511563561222578738E-31
> {code}
> Since the factional part .237520 is followed by 4894..., it should not be rounded up.



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