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Tag Archives: floating point tricks
Floating-point complexities
Binary floating-point math is complex and subtle. I’ve collected here a few of my favorite oddball facts about IEEE floating-point math, based on the articles so far in my floating-point series. The focus in this list is on float but … Continue reading
Posted in AltDevBlogADay, Floating Point, Programming
Tagged comparing, denormal, digits, float, floating point, floating point precision, floating point tricks, precision, printing
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Comparing Floating Point Numbers, 2012 Edition
This post is a more carefully thought out and peer reviewed version of a floating-point comparison article I wrote many years ago. This one gives solid advice and some surprising observations about the tricky subject of comparing floating-point numbers. We’ve … Continue reading
Posted in AltDevBlogADay, Floating Point, Programming
Tagged comparing floats, double, epsilon, float, floating point precision, floating point tricks, precision
206 Comments
