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FloatingPointError

ID: python/floatingpointerror

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80%Fix Rate
95%Confidence
0Evidence

Version Compatibility

VersionStatusIntroducedDeprecatedNotes
3.x active — — —

Root Cause

A floating-point operation failed. This is rarely raised by default; it requires fpectl module or specific numpy configuration.

generic

Official Documentation

https://docs.python.org/3/library/exceptions.html

Workarounds

  1. 90% success Check for division by zero or invalid float operations 
    Validate inputs before floating-point operations
  2. 90% success Use numpy.seterr() or the warnings module to configure floating-point behavior 
    numpy.seterr(invalid='raise', divide='raise')