in reply to Re^10: RFC: Large Floating Point Numbers - Rounding Errors
in thread RFC: Large Floating Point Numbers - Rounding Errors

Sorry to reply again, but I just realised that there was a think-o in my post above which corrected, addresses your objection.

"0.5e-$p" should be "0.00000000000005e-$p":

sub rnd{ my( $p, $n ) = @_; return sprintf "%.${p}f", $n + "0.00000000000005e-$p" };; print $_, ': ', rnd( 5, $_ ) for 0.000005, 0.000015, 0.000025, 0.00003, 0.000031, 0.000032, 0.000033, 0.000034, 0.0000341, 0.0000342, 0.0000343,0.0000344, 0.0000345, 0.0000346, 0.0000347, 0.0000348, 0.0000349, 0.00003499, 0.000034999, 0.0000349999, 0.00003499999, 0.0000349999 +99, 0.0000349999999, 0.00003499999999, 0.000034999999999, 0.000035, 0.000045, 0.000055, 0.000065, 0.000075, 0.000085, 0.00009, 0.000091, 0.000092, 0.000093, 0.000094, 0.0000941, 0.0000942, 0.0000943,0.0000944, 0.0000945, 0.0000946, 0.0000947, 0.0000948, 0.0000949, 0.00009499, 0.000094999, 0.0000949999, 0.00009499999, 0.0000949999 +99, 0.0000949999999, 0.00009499999999, 0.000094999999999, 0.000095,;; c:\test>junk 5e-006: 0.00001 1.5e-005: 0.00002 2.5e-005: 0.00003 3e-005: 0.00003 3.1e-005: 0.00003 3.2e-005: 0.00003 3.3e-005: 0.00003 3.4e-005: 0.00003 3.41e-005: 0.00003 3.42e-005: 0.00003 3.43e-005: 0.00003 3.44e-005: 0.00003 3.45e-005: 0.00003 3.46e-005: 0.00003 3.47e-005: 0.00003 3.48e-005: 0.00003 3.49e-005: 0.00003 3.499e-005: 0.00003 3.4999e-005: 0.00003 3.49999e-005: 0.00003 3.499999e-005: 0.00003 3.4999999e-005: 0.00003 3.49999999e-005: 0.00003 3.499999999e-005: 0.00003 3.4999999999e-005: 0.00003 3.5e-005: 0.00004 4.5e-005: 0.00005 5.5e-005: 0.00006 6.5e-005: 0.00007 7.5e-005: 0.00008 8.5e-005: 0.00009 9e-005: 0.00009 9.1e-005: 0.00009 9.2e-005: 0.00009 9.3e-005: 0.00009 9.4e-005: 0.00009 9.41e-005: 0.00009 9.42e-005: 0.00009 9.43e-005: 0.00009 9.44e-005: 0.00009 9.45e-005: 0.00009 9.46e-005: 0.00009 9.47e-005: 0.00009 9.48e-005: 0.00009 9.49e-005: 0.00009 9.499e-005: 0.00009 9.4999e-005: 0.00009 9.49999e-005: 0.00009 9.499999e-005: 0.00009 9.4999999e-005: 0.00009 9.49999999e-005: 0.00009 9.499999999e-005: 0.00009 9.4999999999e-005: 0.00009 9.5e-005: 0.00010

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