Date: | Mon Aug 4 11:24:04 1993 | |
Subject: | Re: fractional precision of numbers | |
From: | Colin Shearer | |
Volume-ID: | 930804.02 |
Phil, If you want "=" to accept numbers which are "nearly equal", you can do something like this : vars minimum_difference = 0.0001; procedure(x,y); abs(x-y) < minimum_difference; endprocedure ->> class_=(key_of_dataword("decimal")) -> class_=(key_of_dataword("ddecimal")); which gives : : vars l, k; : 0.123456789->l; : 0.1234->k; : l=k => ** <true> Regards, Colin Shearer |