On Tue, 25 May 2010 14:25:04 +0000, Ted MacNEIL wrote: >The left-most digit in any base is the most significant because >it changes the least as you count up. >It also gives you the order of magnitude.
No, the order of magnitude is determined by the number of significant digits. Or, in the case of a floating point number, the value of the exponent. -- Tom Marchant ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
