Re: decimal separating point
Re: decimal separating point
- Subject: Re: decimal separating point
- From: Doug McNutt <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2003 06:29:16 -0600
At 06:29 +0100 8/24/03, kai wrote:
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set num to 111.645477464545
>
{num as string, numToStr(num)}
>
--> {"111,645477464545", "111.645477464545"}
It has nothing to do with commas and periods but please remember that about 14 significant decimal digits is a limit to IEEE double (64 bit) floating point precision. Those 5's on the right end are likely to be lost if any arithmetic is performed.
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