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Re: Fortran Double Precision question?
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Dennis Handly <[log in to unmask]>
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Dennis Handly <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 6 Jan 1999 13:09:56 GMT
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Bruce Toback ([log in to unmask]) wrote:
:      if (1.0 / 3.0 - 0.333 .EQ. 0.0)
: will fail because the result of the division is NOT exactly 0.333.

It will NEVER be .333.  You need to add a lot more "3"s.  :-)

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