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Re: Floating Array Shows no numbers after the dot [message #29455 is a reply to message #29454]

Wed, 20 February 2002 06:19

tam
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Registered: February 2000

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Martin Downing wrote:

... Explanation of double versus float elided.

> [hmm - as an aside, does anyone know why DOUBLE can only store 2 more digits
> cf. FLOAT considering it uses 4 extra bytes which is enough for a 10 digit
> LONG ?]
>
> Martin
>

Surely an FAQ...

Try
pi = 4*atan(1.0d0)
print, pi

Next do
print, pi, format='(f25.20)'

It is easy to confuse the default display precision with the
internal precision.

Regards,
Tom McGlynn

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		Re: Floating Array Shows no numbers after the dot By: Martin Downing on Wed, 20 February 2002 07:09
		Re: Floating Array Shows no numbers after the dot By: tam on Wed, 20 February 2002 06:19
		Re: Floating Array Shows no numbers after the dot By: Craig Markwardt on Wed, 20 February 2002 06:26
		Re: Floating Array Shows no numbers after the dot By: Martin Downing on Wed, 20 February 2002 01:32
		Re: Floating Array Shows no numbers after the dot By: David Fanning on Tue, 19 February 2002 09:26
		Re: Floating Array Shows no numbers after the dot By: R.Bauer on Tue, 19 February 2002 09:07

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