Re: double to string????

[Harrie Westphal <harriew@frontiernet.net>]

On Jun 30, 2008, at 1:25 PM, Markus Winter wrote:

> v as double
> v = 12345678901234567890.1234567890
>
> EF1.text = Format(v,
> "- 
> #########################################################.############ 
> ####
> ######################################")
>
> produces
>
> 12345678901234567168.
Markus, a double only offers, I believe, 17 digits of accuracy. You  
have exceeded that by a long shot. To handle a number like that would  
require a double double, a 16 byte double I believe. There is someone  
who offers an RB package that gives you basically unlimited number  
sizes as well as a ton of other mathematics but I cannot remember the  
authors name or the name of the package that he offers. I am sure  
someone else will remember.

=== A Mac addict in Tennessee ===


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