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Started by Lil_Lloyd January 27, 2013 04:04 PM

0 comments, last by Bacterius 11 years, 3 months ago

Lil_Lloyd

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January 27, 2013 04:04 PM

Please take a look here:

http://igetyourfail.blogspot.jp/2013/01/strings-fundamental-component-of.html

Now, as far as I can tell, converting a floating point number to a string to compare their values is a pretty boneheaded thing to do, and this is the 'fail' of the post, or am I completely wrong?

Bacterius

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January 27, 2013 04:49 PM

He's using strings to round the floating-point number - to, uh, one decimal - for comparison, rather than using epsilons like everyone else. So, yes, I guess that is the 'fail'. Someone needs to brush up on positional notation.

“If I understand the standard right it is legal and safe to do this but the resulting value could be anything.”