Meaning of Float>>closeTo:

Meaning of Float>>closeTo:

Damien Cassou damien.cassou at gmail.com
Fri Mar 2 11:55:29 UTC 2007

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Hi,

I would like to know what is the exact meaning of #closeTo:.

999999 closeTo: 999899.00011.             => true
999999 closeTo: 999899.0001.               => false

Is it a bug ? Is it a problem with how computer deal with floating
point numbers ?

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Damien Cassou

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