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From: "markp" <markwork66@yahoo.com>
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Subject: Comparing Floating Point Values
Date: 13 Dec 2006 08:14:34 -0800
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I was wondering if there was a convention for comparing 2 floats
dealing with significant digits. For example, if I had 2 variables (x
and y) and wanted to see if they were equal in an if statement, is
there a standard way to do a compare based on "x" significant digits?

Thank you.