Re: double to string????

[Markus Winter <markus_winter@online.de>]

> You have to remember that with a 8 byte floating point number only 53
> bits of the 64 bits hold the digits of the number. 11 bits are needed
> to hold the exponent of the number. Because of this an 8 byte UInt64
> value can return more digits than an 8 byte, double, floating point
> number. However, the floating point exponent can take you out to
> powers of 308 or something like that which gives much larger numbers
> than integer can represent; but, you have a limit of 17 digits in a
> double.

Oh dear God. Double precision with 17 numbers after the decimal point I can
happily live with - but that it is restricted to 17 numbers before the
decimal point is shocking.

And I still don't get how it can simply eat two numbers before the decimal
point.

Thanks

Markus



_______________________________________________
Unsubscribe or switch delivery mode:
<http://www.realsoftware.com/support/listmanager/>

Search the archives:
<http://support.realsoftware.com/listarchives/lists.html>