Fun with std::pow and negative exponents
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I FINALLY (think) I figured out what is wrong with my gravity calculations... G = 6.67*(10^-11). std::pow() doesn't do negative exponents correctly, does it? I am 100% sure I just saw a post on this a couple days ago, but I can't find it. If I am to correctly represent
6.67 * (10^-11)
how would I want to do that? Thanks.
pow() with negative exponents works fine for me. If you want to represent that number as a constant, though, just use 6.67e-11 .
Er
(10 ^ -11) means: XOR the bits of 10 with the bits of -11.
10 = 1010b
-11 = 1s11....0101b
Answer = 1s11...1111b = -1.
Note: Nb means N is in binary.
Note: 1s = sign-bit is 1, meaning number is negative.
So overall, you had 6.67 * -1 = -6.67.
(10 ^ -11) means: XOR the bits of 10 with the bits of -11.
10 = 1010b
-11 = 1s11....0101b
Answer = 1s11...1111b = -1.
Note: Nb means N is in binary.
Note: 1s = sign-bit is 1, meaning number is negative.
So overall, you had 6.67 * -1 = -6.67.
Krylloan: If you'd read the OP's question, you'll notice he mentions std::pow() - the up-carrot symbol (^) is used to indicate "power of" in some other languages (BASIC I think among them), so the OP was probably just using it to indicate the forumla rather than what was actually used - otherwise the OP would be complaining about weird results with it rather than going on about std::pow.
silverphyre673:
silverphyre673:
#include <iostream>using namespace std;int main ( void ) { float small = 6.67e-11; float large = 1.0e+12; cout << small * large << endl;}Result:66.7
It is only negative fractional powers that it doesn't do, afaik.
OMG Krylloan, tell us you were kidding!
OMG Krylloan, tell us you were kidding!
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