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Re: double-single precision problem????? [message #9427 is a reply to message #9426]

Fri, 27 June 1997 00:00

Eugenio Sansosti
Messages: 3
Registered: June 1997

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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,

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