MC or Intel precision?

miscdas at boxfrog.com miscdas at boxfrog.com
Sun Aug 10 13:44:00 EDT 2003


MisterX writes: 

> 
> Hi everyone, 
> 
> Is this megaproblem Windows only? 
> 
> put 2 ^ .5 = 1.414214
> put pi = 3.14159265358979323846
> put pi * 1 = 3.141593 --- ooops...
> put 0.0005 * 0.0005 = 0 
> 
> Other than start writting out externals, 
> is there a way to use "Real" math precision? 
> 
> Like PI!
> but avoiding 
> put 10000000000000 * 0.0000001 * pi = 3141592.65359 
> which is as precise as it gets workaround... ;) 
> 
> thanks for any suggestions
> Xavier
===============
Xavier, 

Did you try using the Format function to define the output format? Check the 
dictionary. 

miscdas 




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