# easy to come up with one that takes many digits to express

I eventually realized that if I increased the precision to 4000 bits (which is overkill) I would uncover values that require more digits: 
3 / (3566377 ** 47)
0x1.7f1efda69bf79p-1022
3.32997129135359853606999222704654320128433273140834060375717919336765
+633480476074271117603537227797195965402328724231998706388357189066271
+703262139769146889312212556637321188791634569121935603887648273923627
+861919579821592345988060019740748868666186270141425088422184655360375
+823488548150443554012541921413793579099043424106801075148744029407167
+466158885097383679527382985052678222745861830039508807658877054796192
+051679570983765540503801105423327949689320479645855971334458658126010
+779989548774133737798898372623216628041645234343358029716664630265490
+827644527215647502548686221202499548660963335999734105043799288928491
+124484505682527752151459948594916997840488088218758704043473479179413
+158767647452761573740845092915600087271621454476644430542364716529846
+19140625e-308

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This(excluding "." and "e-308") is 767 digits.

Cheers,
Rob

In reply to Re^9: subtraction issue by syphilis
in thread subtraction issue by Anonymous Monk

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