Re: [Tutor] floating point accuracy [working with Fractions]

On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 3:39 AM, Karen Bester <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi > > Is there a method to determine the accuracy that you can get given a double > precision number. I'm looking for a formula or table that can tell me what > accuracy I can get depending on "where" the decimal point lie

Re: [Tutor] floating point accuracy [working with Fractions]

Karen Bester wrote: Hi Is there a method to determine the accuracy that you can get given a double precision number. I'm looking for a formula or table that can tell me what accuracy I can get depending on "where" the decimal point lies. What do you mean by "accuracy"? How do you measure

[Tutor] floating point accuracy [working with Fractions]

Hi Is there a method to determine the accuracy that you can get given a double precision number. I'm looking for a formula or table that can tell me what accuracy I can get depending on "where" the decimal point lies. Thank you Karen _