Meaning of Float>>closeTo:

Bert Freudenberg bert at freudenbergs.de
Fri Mar 2 12:37:52 UTC 2007


On Mar 2, 2007, at 12:55 , Damien Cassou wrote:

> 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 ?

No, one is just closer than the other. One is below the threshold and  
one above.

- Bert -





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