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| Subject | Re: storing and retrieving a double may show a difference? |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.c |
| References | <ae9f72d7-7b05-495c-a47a-80a9fd39332a@googlegroups.com> |
| From | Bart <bc@freeuk.com> |
| Message-ID | <W33TD.5976$X_3.4522@fx01.am4> (permalink) |
| Organization | virginmedia.com |
| Date | 2018-12-21 10:16 +0000 |
On 21/12/2018 07:25, chanrasjid@gmail.com wrote:
> All values are doubles.
>
> x = *(A + c * width_A + c);
> diagonal_A[c] = x;
>
> When diagonal is stored and tested for equality immediately, it tests equal:
>
> c 1, x 103997435021.915, diagonal 103997435021.915
> diff 0
>
> But when the diagonal was stored much earlier, an after some blocks of codes, x and diagonal will fail the equality test.
> for (c = 0; c < width_A; ++c) {
> x = *(A + c * width_A + c);
> //diagonal_A[c] = x;
> if (x != diagonal_A[c]) {
> printf("c %d, x %.15g != diagonal %.15g\n", c, x, diagonal_A[c]);
> printf("diff %.15g\n", fabs(x - diagonal_A[c]));
> assert(0);
> }
>
> c 1, x 103997435021.915 != diagonal 103997435022.047
> diff 0.131515502929688
>
> Why a slight difference?
>
How was diagonal_A[1] set up earlier?
Are all float variables actually 'double' rather than 'float'?
The discrepancy in your values (about 1 in 1e12) is too small to be due
to using exclusively float, and too large to be due to slight
differences from order of calculation, which usually affect the last few
bits. The difference here is around a dozen bits.
--
bart
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storing and retrieving a double may show a difference? chanrasjid@gmail.com - 2018-12-20 23:25 -0800
Re: storing and retrieving a double may show a difference? fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2018-12-21 00:56 -0800
Re: storing and retrieving a double may show a difference? chanrasjid@gmail.com - 2018-12-21 07:02 -0800
Re: storing and retrieving a double may show a difference? Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2018-12-21 15:33 +0000
Re: storing and retrieving a double may show a difference? "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2018-12-21 11:16 -0500
Re: storing and retrieving a double may show a difference? chanrasjid@gmail.com - 2018-12-21 09:05 -0800
Re: storing and retrieving a double may show a difference? fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2018-12-21 09:43 -0800
Re: storing and retrieving a double may show a difference? "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2018-12-21 12:57 -0500
Re: storing and retrieving a double may show a difference? Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2018-12-21 20:06 +0000
Re: storing and retrieving a double may show a difference? Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2018-12-21 17:10 +0000
Re: storing and retrieving a double may show a difference? fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2018-12-21 09:17 -0800
Re: storing and retrieving a double may show a difference? fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2018-12-21 09:20 -0800
Re: storing and retrieving a double may show a difference? fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2018-12-21 09:24 -0800
Re: storing and retrieving a double may show a difference? chanrasjid@gmail.com - 2018-12-21 21:46 -0800
Re: storing and retrieving a double may show a difference? Manfred <noname@add.invalid> - 2018-12-22 21:41 +0100
Re: storing and retrieving a double may show a difference? Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2018-12-22 21:08 +0000
Re: storing and retrieving a double may show a difference? Manfred <noname@add.invalid> - 2018-12-23 20:34 +0100
Re: storing and retrieving a double may show a difference? Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2018-12-28 09:14 -0800
Re: storing and retrieving a double may show a difference? chanrasjid@gmail.com - 2018-12-22 19:16 -0800
Re: storing and retrieving a double may show a difference? fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2018-12-21 09:12 -0800
Re: storing and retrieving a double may show a difference? James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2018-12-21 09:23 -0800
Re: storing and retrieving a double may show a difference? Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2018-12-21 20:03 +0000
Re: storing and retrieving a double may show a difference? James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2018-12-22 00:10 -0500
Re: storing and retrieving a double may show a difference? Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2018-12-22 11:06 +0000
Re: storing and retrieving a double may show a difference? mark.bluemel@gmail.com - 2018-12-21 01:00 -0800
What type of problem is it? (Was: storing and retrieving a double may show a difference?) gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2018-12-21 09:10 +0000
Re: What type of problem is it? (Was: storing and retrieving a double may show a difference?) mark.bluemel@gmail.com - 2018-12-21 01:33 -0800
Re: storing and retrieving a double may show a difference? Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2018-12-21 10:16 +0000
Re: storing and retrieving a double may show a difference? Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2018-12-21 11:25 +0000
Re: storing and retrieving a double may show a difference? James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2018-12-21 08:06 -0500
Re: storing and retrieving a double may show a difference? chanrasjid@gmail.com - 2018-12-21 07:13 -0800
Re: storing and retrieving a double may show a difference? James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2018-12-21 09:10 -0800
Re: storing and retrieving a double may show a difference? Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2018-12-28 08:16 -0800
Re: storing and retrieving a double may show a difference? chanrasjid@gmail.com - 2018-12-21 08:09 -0800
Re: storing and retrieving a double may show a difference? "Chris M. Thomasson" <invalid_chris_thomasson@invalid.invalid> - 2018-12-22 17:23 -0800
Re: storing and retrieving a double may show a difference? "Chris M. Thomasson" <invalid_chris_thomasson@invalid.invalid> - 2018-12-22 17:58 -0800
Re: storing and retrieving a double may show a difference? chanrasjid@gmail.com - 2018-12-22 19:30 -0800
Re: storing and retrieving a double may show a difference? Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2018-12-22 22:48 -0500
Re: storing and retrieving a double may show a difference? chanrasjid@gmail.com - 2018-12-22 20:10 -0800
Re: storing and retrieving a double may show a difference? "Chris M. Thomasson" <invalid_chris_thomasson@invalid.invalid> - 2018-12-22 20:41 -0800
Re: storing and retrieving a double may show a difference? Barry Schwarz <schwarzb@dqel.com> - 2018-12-22 22:02 -0800
Re: storing and retrieving a double may show a difference? chanrasjid@gmail.com - 2018-12-23 02:43 -0800
Re: storing and retrieving a double may show a difference? Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2018-12-23 12:38 +0000
Re: storing and retrieving a double may show a difference? chanrasjid@gmail.com - 2018-12-23 05:12 -0800
Re: storing and retrieving a double may show a difference? fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2018-12-23 05:32 -0800
Re: storing and retrieving a double may show a difference? Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2018-12-23 14:55 +0000
Re: storing and retrieving a double may show a difference? Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2018-12-23 07:43 -0500
Re: storing and retrieving a double may show a difference? Manfred <noname@add.invalid> - 2018-12-23 20:42 +0100
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