# Test\_float\_hex failure \[test/ruby/test\_sprintf.rb:202\]

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/test-float-hex-failure-test-ruby-test-sprintf-rb-202/186277>\
**Category:** Development\
**Created:** [April 3, 2010, 1:37pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/test-float-hex-failure-test-ruby-test-sprintf-rb-202/186277 "2010-04-03T13:37:51Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 3, 2010, 1:37pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/test-float-hex-failure-test-ruby-test-sprintf-rb-202/186277/1 "2010-04-03T13:37:51Z")

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% ./ruby -v test/ruby/test\_sprintf.rb  
ruby 1.9.2dev (2010-04-03 trunk 27207) [i686-linux]  
Loaded suite test/ruby/test\_sprintf  
Started  
…F…  
Finished in 0.061968 seconds.

1. Failure:  
test\_float\_hex(TestSprintf) [test/ruby/test\_sprintf.rb:202]:  
\<“0x1p-1074”\> expected but was  
\<“0x0.0000000000001p-1022”\>.

17 tests, 177 assertions, 1 failures, 0 errors, 0 skips

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