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Re: Getting the exponent of an x87 float

Date Tue, 18 Aug 2026 20:04:07 +1000
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On 18/08/2026 7:01 pm, Anton Ertl wrote:
> dxf <dxforth@gmail.com> writes:
>> On 18/08/2026 7:18 am, Anton Ertl wrote:
>>> dxf <dxforth@gmail.com> writes:
>>>> The output routine using it doesn't seem affected.  My problem was
>>>> output wasn't switching to sci notation when input fell below 0.001.
>>>> I'd seen the patch years ago in another forth.  Only now did I realize
>>>> what it was for.
>>>
>>> For output I would use the exponent coming from REPRESENT.  E.g., consider a
>>> number that can can be output as
>>>
>>> 0.9999e5
>>>
>>> If you make the buffer shorter (say to three digits, REPRESENT would
>>> produce output that is more in line with
>>>
>>> 0.1e4
>>>
>>> So an exponent without the rest does not help.
>>
>> I did that for cases where FLOG might not be available.  OTOH if EXP#
>> already exists the inclination will be to use it (simpler, faster).
> 
> If you want to output, you use REPRESENT or something like it anyway.
> The important part is that the mantissa part and the exponent part are
> in sync, not that the exponent part is rounded in some way that the
> production of the mantissa part is not aware of.
> 
>> AFAICS used in isolation a patched EXP# that works on every decade with
>> quirks elsewhere is better than an unpatched EXP# known to have tripped
>> up users.  Used within REPRESENT does a patched EXP# adversely affect
>> it?
> 
> If the exponent is not in sync with the mantissa, I expect outputs
> that are off by a factor if 10.  Maybe only a few of those, but even
> one is one too many.

Here's output using the troublesome value you pinpointed earlier.
If it were going fail I'd expect it here.

18 set-precision  ok
0.999999999999999999e-4 17 0 fs.r 1.00000000000000000E-04 ok
0.999999999999999997e-4 17 0 fs.r 1.00000000000000000E-04 ok
0.999999999999999996e-4 17 0 fs.r 1.00000000000000000E-04 ok
0.999999999999999995e-4 17 0 fs.r 9.99999999999999990E-05 ok
0.99999999999999999e-4  17 0 fs.r 9.99999999999999990E-05 ok
0.9999999999999999e-4   17 0 fs.r 9.99999999999999900E-05 ok
0.999999999999999e-4    17 0 fs.r 9.99999999999999000E-05 ok
0.99999999999999e-4     17 0 fs.r 9.99999999999990001E-05 ok
0.9999999999999e-4      17 0 fs.r 9.99999999999900001E-05 ok
0.999999999999e-4       17 0 fs.r 9.99999999999000001E-05 ok
0.99999999999e-4        17 0 fs.r 9.99999999990000001E-05 ok

>> Original implementer notes suggest the patch was introduced some
>> two decades ago.  It's still there.  Not a definitive answer but in the
>> absence of anything else...
> 
> Maybe it only tells us that nobody cares.

Nobody cares to report bugs?

> - anton

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Getting the exponent of an x87 float dxf <dxforth@gmail.com> - 2026-08-16 09:42 +1000
  Re: Getting the exponent of an x87 float anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2026-08-17 15:11 +0000
    Re: Getting the exponent of an x87 float dxf <dxforth@gmail.com> - 2026-08-18 03:47 +1000
      Re: Getting the exponent of an x87 float anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2026-08-17 21:18 +0000
        Re: Getting the exponent of an x87 float dxf <dxforth@gmail.com> - 2026-08-18 12:15 +1000
          Re: Getting the exponent of an x87 float anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2026-08-18 09:01 +0000
            Re: Getting the exponent of an x87 float dxf <dxforth@gmail.com> - 2026-08-18 20:04 +1000
              Re: Getting the exponent of an x87 float dxf <dxforth@gmail.com> - 2026-08-19 02:30 +1000
            Re: Getting the exponent of an x87 float Krishna Myneni <krishna.myneni@ccreweb.org> - 2026-08-18 09:16 -0500
              Re: Getting the exponent of an x87 float Krishna Myneni <krishna.myneni@ccreweb.org> - 2026-08-23 06:06 -0500
      Re: Getting the exponent of an x87 float antispam@fricas.org (Waldek Hebisch) - 2026-08-18 17:55 +0000
        Re: Getting the exponent of an x87 float dxf <dxforth@gmail.com> - 2026-08-19 13:48 +1000
          Re: Getting the exponent of an x87 float dxf <dxforth@gmail.com> - 2026-08-19 17:14 +1000
            Re: Getting the exponent of an x87 float peter <peter.noreply@tin.it> - 2026-08-19 09:58 +0200
              Re: Getting the exponent of an x87 float dxf <dxforth@gmail.com> - 2026-08-19 19:14 +1000
                Re: Getting the exponent of an x87 float peter <peter.noreply@tin.it> - 2026-08-19 15:36 +0200
                Re: Getting the exponent of an x87 float dxf <dxforth@gmail.com> - 2026-08-20 12:36 +1000
          Floating point (was: Getting the exponent of an x87 float) anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2026-08-19 08:38 +0000
  Re: Getting the exponent of an x87 float Krishna Myneni <krishna.myneni@ccreweb.org> - 2026-08-19 18:44 -0500
    Re: Getting the exponent of an x87 float dxf <dxforth@gmail.com> - 2026-08-20 12:35 +1000
      Re: Getting the exponent of an x87 float Krishna Myneni <krishna.myneni@ccreweb.org> - 2026-08-20 03:40 -0500
  Re: Getting the exponent of an x87 float albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl - 2026-08-22 18:43 +0200
    Re: Getting the exponent of an x87 float dxf <dxforth@gmail.com> - 2026-08-23 18:47 +1000
      Re: Getting the exponent of an x87 float Krishna Myneni <krishna.myneni@ccreweb.org> - 2026-08-23 14:34 -0500
        Re: Getting the exponent of an x87 float dxf <dxforth@gmail.com> - 2026-08-24 11:42 +1000
          Re: Getting the exponent of an x87 float Krishna Myneni <krishna.myneni@ccreweb.org> - 2026-08-23 22:11 -0500
            Re: Getting the exponent of an x87 float dxf <dxforth@gmail.com> - 2026-08-24 14:37 +1000
              Re: Getting the exponent of an x87 float anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2026-08-24 06:42 +0000
                Re: Getting the exponent of an x87 float dxf <dxforth@gmail.com> - 2026-08-26 01:56 +1000
                Re: Getting the exponent of an x87 float anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2026-08-25 16:24 +0000
                Re: Getting the exponent of an x87 float dxf <dxforth@gmail.com> - 2026-08-26 13:24 +1000
                Re: Getting the exponent of an x87 float Krishna Myneni <krishna.myneni@ccreweb.org> - 2026-08-25 23:26 -0500
                Re: Getting the exponent of an x87 float dxf <dxforth@gmail.com> - 2026-08-26 18:57 +1000
                Re: Getting the exponent of an x87 float Krishna Myneni <krishna.myneni@ccreweb.org> - 2026-08-27 09:24 -0500
                Re: Getting the exponent of an x87 float dxf <dxforth@gmail.com> - 2026-08-28 11:14 +1000
                Re: Getting the exponent of an x87 float Stephen Pelc <stephen@vfxforth.com> - 2026-08-28 10:23 +0000
                Re: Getting the exponent of an x87 float dxf <dxforth@gmail.com> - 2026-08-28 21:28 +1000
                Re: Getting the exponent of an x87 float Krishna Myneni <krishna.myneni@ccreweb.org> - 2026-08-28 09:04 -0500
                Re: Getting the exponent of an x87 float Krishna Myneni <krishna.myneni@ccreweb.org> - 2026-08-28 09:10 -0500
                Re: Getting the exponent of an x87 float anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2026-08-28 14:17 +0000
                Re: Getting the exponent of an x87 float Krishna Myneni <krishna.myneni@ccreweb.org> - 2026-08-28 09:41 -0500
                Re: Getting the exponent of an x87 float albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl - 2026-08-28 19:40 +0200
                Re: Getting the exponent of an x87 float Krishna Myneni <krishna.myneni@ccreweb.org> - 2026-08-28 14:00 -0500
                Re: Getting the exponent of an x87 float Krishna Myneni <krishna.myneni@ccreweb.org> - 2026-08-28 14:25 -0500
                Re: Getting the exponent of an x87 float Krishna Myneni <krishna.myneni@ccreweb.org> - 2026-08-28 14:40 -0500
                Re: Getting the exponent of an x87 float marcel hendrix <mhx@iae.nl> - 2026-08-29 12:17 +0200
                Re: Getting the exponent of an x87 float anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2026-08-29 10:35 +0000
                Re: Getting the exponent of an x87 float marcel hendrix <mhx@iae.nl> - 2026-08-29 15:02 +0200
                Re: Getting the exponent of an x87 float albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl - 2026-08-29 15:51 +0200
                Re: Getting the exponent of an x87 float anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2026-08-29 14:45 +0000
                Re: Getting the exponent of an x87 float Krishna Myneni <krishna.myneni@ccreweb.org> - 2026-08-29 14:50 -0500
                Re: Getting the exponent of an x87 float Krishna Myneni <krishna.myneni@ccreweb.org> - 2026-08-29 15:01 -0500
                Re: Getting the exponent of an x87 float marcel hendrix <mhx@iae.nl> - 2026-08-29 23:26 +0200
                Re: Getting the exponent of an x87 float Krishna Myneni <krishna.myneni@ccreweb.org> - 2026-08-29 17:16 -0500
                Re: Getting the exponent of an x87 float dxf <dxforth@gmail.com> - 2026-09-03 10:56 +1000
                Re: Getting the exponent of an x87 float marcel hendrix <mhx@iae.nl> - 2026-09-03 11:52 +0200
                Re: Getting the exponent of an x87 float dxf <dxforth@gmail.com> - 2026-09-03 21:00 +1000
                Re: Getting the exponent of an x87 float Krishna Myneni <krishna.myneni@ccreweb.org> - 2026-09-03 06:49 -0500
                Re: Getting the exponent of an x87 float dxf <dxforth@gmail.com> - 2026-09-03 22:56 +1000
                Re: Getting the exponent of an x87 float Krishna Myneni <krishna.myneni@ccreweb.org> - 2026-09-03 09:02 -0500
                Re: Getting the exponent of an x87 float dxf <dxforth@gmail.com> - 2026-09-04 11:31 +1000
                Re: Getting the exponent of an x87 float Krishna Myneni <krishna.myneni@ccreweb.org> - 2026-09-04 13:50 -0500
                Re: Getting the exponent of an x87 float dxf <dxforth@gmail.com> - 2026-09-05 12:22 +1000
                Re: Getting the exponent of an x87 float Krishna Myneni <krishna.myneni@ccreweb.org> - 2026-09-05 08:59 -0500
                Re: Getting the exponent of an x87 float dxf <dxforth@gmail.com> - 2026-09-06 02:49 +1000
                Re: Getting the exponent of an x87 float Krishna Myneni <krishna.myneni@ccreweb.org> - 2026-09-05 18:20 -0500
                Re: Getting the exponent of an x87 float dxf <dxforth@gmail.com> - 2026-09-06 12:40 +1000
                Re: Getting the exponent of an x87 float dxf <dxforth@gmail.com> - 2026-09-06 18:57 +1000
                Re: Getting the exponent of an x87 float Krishna Myneni <krishna.myneni@ccreweb.org> - 2026-09-06 07:36 -0500
                Re: Getting the exponent of an x87 float Krishna Myneni <krishna.myneni@ccreweb.org> - 2026-09-06 07:42 -0500
                Re: Getting the exponent of an x87 float dxf <dxforth@gmail.com> - 2026-09-07 11:00 +1000
                Re: Getting the exponent of an x87 float Krishna Myneni <krishna.myneni@ccreweb.org> - 2026-09-06 21:16 -0500
                Re: Getting the exponent of an x87 float marcel hendrix <mhx@iae.nl> - 2026-09-07 08:45 +0200
                Re: Getting the exponent of an x87 float dxf <dxforth@gmail.com> - 2026-09-07 21:11 +1000
                Re: Getting the exponent of an x87 float marcel hendrix <mhx@iae.nl> - 2026-09-07 21:30 +0200
                Re: Getting the exponent of an x87 float Krishna Myneni <krishna.myneni@ccreweb.org> - 2026-09-07 19:09 -0500
                Re: Getting the exponent of an x87 float marcel hendrix <mhx@iae.nl> - 2026-09-08 14:06 +0200
                Re: Getting the exponent of an x87 float Krishna Myneni <krishna.myneni@ccreweb.org> - 2026-09-08 12:14 -0500
                Re: Getting the exponent of an x87 float marcel hendrix <mhx@iae.nl> - 2026-09-09 02:15 +0200
                Re: Getting the exponent of an x87 float dxf <dxforth@gmail.com> - 2026-09-08 14:41 +1000
                Re: Getting the exponent of an x87 float dxf <dxforth@gmail.com> - 2026-09-08 19:31 +1000
                Re: Getting the exponent of an x87 float Krishna Myneni <krishna.myneni@ccreweb.org> - 2026-09-08 05:30 -0500
                Re: Getting the exponent of an x87 float Krishna Myneni <krishna.myneni@ccreweb.org> - 2026-09-08 05:44 -0500
                Re: Getting the exponent of an x87 float dxf <dxforth@gmail.com> - 2026-09-08 23:10 +1000
                Re: Getting the exponent of an x87 float dxf <dxforth@gmail.com> - 2026-09-09 01:03 +1000
                Re: Getting the exponent of an x87 float Krishna Myneni <krishna.myneni@ccreweb.org> - 2026-09-08 20:49 -0500
                Re: Getting the exponent of an x87 float dxf <dxforth@gmail.com> - 2026-09-09 13:31 +1000
                Re: Getting the exponent of an x87 float Krishna Myneni <krishna.myneni@ccreweb.org> - 2026-09-09 20:02 -0500
                Re: Getting the exponent of an x87 float dxf <dxforth@gmail.com> - 2026-09-10 12:46 +1000
                Re: Getting the exponent of an x87 float Krishna Myneni <krishna.myneni@ccreweb.org> - 2026-09-07 17:21 -0500
                Re: Getting the exponent of an x87 float Krishna Myneni <krishna.myneni@ccreweb.org> - 2026-09-07 22:13 -0500
                Re: Getting the exponent of an x87 float Krishna Myneni <krishna.myneni@ccreweb.org> - 2026-09-05 21:27 -0500
                Re: Getting the exponent of an x87 float Krishna Myneni <krishna.myneni@ccreweb.org> - 2026-09-05 21:55 -0500
                Re: Getting the exponent of an x87 float Krishna Myneni <krishna.myneni@ccreweb.org> - 2026-08-29 07:38 -0500
                Re: Getting the exponent of an x87 float dxf <dxforth@gmail.com> - 2026-08-30 11:12 +1000
                Re: Getting the exponent of an x87 float Krishna Myneni <krishna.myneni@ccreweb.org> - 2026-08-29 13:18 -0500
                Re: Getting the exponent of an x87 float Krishna Myneni <krishna.myneni@ccreweb.org> - 2026-08-28 07:25 -0500
                Re: Getting the exponent of an x87 float dxf <dxforth@gmail.com> - 2026-08-28 23:43 +1000
                Re: Getting the exponent of an x87 float dxf <dxforth@gmail.com> - 2026-08-28 23:56 +1000
                Re: Getting the exponent of an x87 float albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl - 2026-08-27 12:38 +0200
                Re: Getting the exponent of an x87 float anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2026-08-26 10:55 +0000
                Re: Getting the exponent of an x87 float dxf <dxforth@gmail.com> - 2026-08-26 22:55 +1000
                Re: Getting the exponent of an x87 float anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2026-08-26 14:29 +0000

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