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Hi Everybody, I'm using IDL. Version 4.0.1 (AIX ibmr2). Try to type print,double(13.1e0)-13.1e0 you will get 3.8146973e-07...... Is that normal? Ciao, Eugenio
Re: double-single precision problem?????
Eugenio Sansosti wrote: > Hi Everybody, > > I'm using IDL. Version 4.0.1 (AIX ibmr2). > > Try to type > > print,double(13.1e0)-13.1e0 > > you will get > > 3.8146973e-07...... > > Is that normal? > > Ciao, > Eugenio I'm sorry, I was wrong..... the command to type is print,double(13.1e0)-13.1d0 Thanks Eugenio, -- _ _ _ _ | |_| |_ | |_ Eugenio Sansosti | | \ |_ |_ |_ e-mail: sansosti@irece1.irece.na.cnr.it Istituto di Ricerca per l'Elettromagnetismo e i Componenti Elettronici Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR) IRECE-CNR via Diocleziano, 328 Tel. +39 81 5707999/5704945 I-80124 Napoli, Italy Fax +39 81 5705734