Re: Problem in Float Arithmetic
- From: "Doug Harrison [MVP]" <dsh@xxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2008 10:56:36 -0500
On Mon, 23 Jun 2008 15:53:31 +0200, "Christoph Conrad"
<spamcruncher@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi Doug,
* Doug Harrison [MVP] <dsh@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
So you should use "double".
That will give him a more accurate result, but it still won't be
exact.
That is correct, and the meaning of "precision".
No, I meant "accurate". It won't merely have more digits (precision), the
result will be closer to the mathematical result (accuracy).
--
Doug Harrison
Visual C++ MVP
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