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Subject: Re: Floating Point Representation (Question)
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On 12/26/2012 11:22 AM, Stefan Ram wrote:
>    AFAIK 0.1 in hex is 0x1.(9)ap-4, where »(9)« means an
>    infinite sequence of »9«.

     What's the "a" for?  ;-)

>    However, Java only stores a
>    finite number of 9s:
>
> printf( "%a%n", 0.1 )
> 0x1.999999999999ap-4

     "One, point, twelve nines, A, exponent."  See the "A?"

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