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Re: fix(4.70*100) is... 469 [message #53575 is a reply to message #53574]

Wed, 18 April 2007 16:48

Jean H.
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Registered: July 2006

Senior Member

> Hooboy! Haven't had one of these in awhile. :-)
>
> http://www.dfanning.com/math_tips/sky_is_falling.html
>
> Cheers,
>
> David

It seems a bit weirder though...

IDL> print, 470.0 - (4.70*100)
3.05176e-005

which is bigger than the smallest float

IDL> print, (machar()).eps
1.19209e-007

.... so how can it be the float accuracy problem if the difference
between the expected and the real value is 256 times bigger than the
float error?

Jean

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		Re: fix(4.70*100) is... 469 By: b_efremova@yahoo.com on Thu, 19 April 2007 11:47
		Re: fix(4.70*100) is... 469 By: mmeron on Thu, 19 April 2007 11:15
		Re: fix(4.70*100) is... 469 By: b_efremova@yahoo.com on Thu, 19 April 2007 11:13
		Re: fix(4.70*100) is... 469 By: David Fanning on Thu, 19 April 2007 12:07
		Re: fix(4.70*100) is... 469 By: David Fanning on Thu, 19 April 2007 11:52
		Re: fix(4.70*100) is... 469 By: b_efremova@yahoo.com on Thu, 19 April 2007 10:44
		Re: fix(4.70*100) is... 469 By: b_efremova@yahoo.com on Thu, 19 April 2007 10:03
		Re: fix(4.70*100) is... 469 By: mmeron on Thu, 19 April 2007 10:00
		Re: fix(4.70*100) is... 469 By: mmeron on Thu, 19 April 2007 09:50
		Re: fix(4.70*100) is... 469 By: David Fanning on Thu, 19 April 2007 09:54
		Re: fix(4.70*100) is... 469 By: Paolo Grigis on Fri, 20 April 2007 01:04
		Re: fix(4.70*100) is... 469 By: Jean H. on Thu, 19 April 2007 08:35
		Re: fix(4.70*100) is... 469 By: David Fanning on Thu, 19 April 2007 09:35
		Re: fix(4.70*100) is... 469 By: Christopher Thom on Thu, 19 April 2007 08:21
		Re: fix(4.70*100) is... 469 By: eddedmondson on Thu, 19 April 2007 08:13
		Re: fix(4.70*100) is... 469 By: Paolo Grigis on Thu, 19 April 2007 08:02
		Re: fix(4.70*100) is... 469 By: b_efremova@yahoo.com on Thu, 19 April 2007 07:41
		Re: fix(4.70*100) is... 469 By: b_efremova@yahoo.com on Thu, 19 April 2007 07:32
		Re: fix(4.70*100) is... 469 By: David Fanning on Thu, 19 April 2007 07:48
		Re: fix(4.70*100) is... 469 By: David Fanning on Thu, 19 April 2007 07:42
		Re: fix(4.70*100) is... 469 By: KRDean on Thu, 19 April 2007 06:41
		Re: fix(4.70*100) is... 469 By: Paolo Grigis on Thu, 19 April 2007 01:13
		Re: fix(4.70*100) is... 469 By: mmeron on Wed, 18 April 2007 22:56
		Re: fix(4.70*100) is... 469 By: Qing on Wed, 18 April 2007 21:38
		Re: fix(4.70*100) is... 469 By: Qing on Wed, 18 April 2007 21:36
		Re: fix(4.70*100) is... 469 By: Qing on Wed, 18 April 2007 21:31
		Re: fix(4.70*100) is... 469 By: Jean H. on Wed, 18 April 2007 17:58
		Re: fix(4.70*100) is... 469 By: mmeron on Wed, 18 April 2007 17:14
		Re: fix(4.70*100) is... 469 By: Jean H. on Wed, 18 April 2007 16:48
		Re: fix(4.70*100) is... 469 By: David Fanning on Wed, 18 April 2007 17:12
		Re: fix(4.70*100) is... 469 By: mmeron on Fri, 20 April 2007 00:33
		Re: fix(4.70*100) is... 469 By: Qing on Thu, 19 April 2007 23:43
		Re: fix(4.70*100) is... 469 By: Paul Van Delst[1] on Thu, 19 April 2007 12:06

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