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18 lines
533 B
C
18 lines
533 B
C
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* 3 [floating-point numbers] In Lecture-2 we saw how some (in fact, most)
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* floating-point values cannot be represented exactly on contemporary computers
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* and, so, we must use them with great caution, or not at all. In your chosen
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* programming language, repeat the exercise from Lecture-2, displaying
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* sufficient decimal-points to 'expose' the problem.
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*/
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#include <stdio.h>
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int main(void)
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{
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float f = 1024.533;
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printf("%.25f\n",f);
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// Answer is 1024.5329589843750000000000000 due to imprecision.
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return 0;
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}
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