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| From | Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> |
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| Subject | Re: Floating point to string, and back via `%a'... |
| Date | Wed, 22 Jul 2015 14:01:37 -0700 |
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"Chris M. Thomasson" <nospam@nospam.nospam> writes:
[snip]
> This gives:
> __________________________________________________
> (%s):buf = 0x1.0329161f1fp+0
> (%a):nc = 1.012346
> __________________________________________________
>
>
>
> I am missing a lot of accuracy here from:
> 1.0123456789
[...]
1.012346 is the output using the "%f" format, which only uses 6 or so
decimal digits by default. Try changing "%f" to "%.20f" (which will
print more precision than you really have, but it will give you a better
idea of what the value isZ).
--
Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) kst-u@mib.org <http://www.ghoti.net/~kst>
Working, but not speaking, for JetHead Development, Inc.
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Floating point to string, and back via `%a'... "Chris M. Thomasson" <nospam@nospam.nospam> - 2015-07-22 12:46 -0700
Re: Floating point to string, and back via `%a'... James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2015-07-22 16:19 -0400
Re: Floating point to string, and back via `%a'... "Chris M. Thomasson" <nospam@nospam.nospam> - 2015-07-22 13:49 -0700
Re: Floating point to string, and back via `%a'... Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-07-22 14:01 -0700
Re: Floating point to string, and back via `%a'... James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2015-07-22 17:18 -0400
Re: Floating point to string, and back via `%a'... "Chris M. Thomasson" <nospam@nospam.nospam> - 2015-07-22 14:22 -0700
Re: Floating point to string, and back via `%a'... Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-07-22 13:40 -0700
Re: Floating point to string, and back via `%a'... "Chris M. Thomasson" <nospam@nospam.nospam> - 2015-07-22 14:01 -0700
Re: Floating point to string, and back via `%a'... Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-07-22 14:12 -0700
Re: Floating point to string, and back via `%a'... "Chris M. Thomasson" <nospam@nospam.nospam> - 2015-07-22 14:20 -0700
Re: Floating point to string, and back via `%a'... "Chris M. Thomasson" <nospam@nospam.nospam> - 2015-07-22 14:24 -0700
Re: Floating point to string, and back via `%a'... glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2015-07-22 21:30 +0000
Re: Floating point to string, and back via `%a'... "Chris M. Thomasson" <nospam@nospam.nospam> - 2015-07-22 14:39 -0700
Re: Floating point to string, and back via `%a'... Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> - 2015-07-22 19:49 -0600
Re: Floating point to string, and back via `%a'... Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-07-22 22:28 +0100
Re: Floating point to string, and back via `%a'... "Chris M. Thomasson" <nospam@nospam.nospam> - 2015-07-22 14:34 -0700
Re: Floating point to string, and back via `%a'... Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-07-22 14:58 -0700
Re: Floating point to string, and back via `%a'... "Chris M. Thomasson" <nospam@nospam.nospam> - 2015-07-22 15:43 -0700
Re: Floating point to string, and back via `%a'... "Chris M. Thomasson" <nospam@nospam.nospam> - 2015-07-22 15:45 -0700
Re: Floating point to string, and back via `%a'... "Chris M. Thomasson" <nospam@nospam.nospam> - 2015-07-22 15:51 -0700
Re: Floating point to string, and back via `%a'... Robert Wessel <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> - 2015-07-22 18:21 -0500
Re: Floating point to string, and back via `%a'... Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-07-22 16:58 -0700
Re: Floating point to string, and back via `%a'... Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-07-22 16:52 -0700
Re: Floating point to string, and back via `%a'... Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-07-22 17:08 -0700
Re: Floating point to string, and back via `%a'... Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-07-23 00:01 +0100
Re: Floating point to string, and back via `%a'... "Chris M. Thomasson" <nospam@nospam.nospam> - 2015-07-22 19:40 -0700
Re: Floating point to string, and back via `%a'... Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-07-22 22:32 -0700
Re: Floating point to string, and back via `%a'... Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-07-23 11:07 +0100
Re: Floating point to string, and back via `%a'... Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-07-23 11:25 +0100
Re: Floating point to string, and back via `%a'... "Chris M. Thomasson" <nospam@nospam.nospam> - 2015-07-24 11:44 -0700
Re: Floating point to string, and back via `%a'... "Chris M. Thomasson" <nospam@nospam.nospam> - 2015-07-24 11:47 -0700
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