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Re: double precision complex #s [message #3959] Thu, 13 April 1995 00:00
bowman is currently offline  bowman
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In article <1995Apr13.220107.17580@eos.arc.nasa.gov>,
psharer@eos.arc.nasa.gov (Peter J. Sharer) wrote:

> I am using the complex declaration for an array of complex numbers,
> but am running into a problem with floating point overflows in a
> polynomial calculation. Does anyone know of a way to create a complex
> variable with double precision?

IDL 4.0 will reportedly include double-precision complex constants and
variables. Otherwise you will have to do it the hard way by handling real
and imaginary parts yourself.

Ken Bowman

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