Re: Determining number of decimal positions

[Steve Mann]

>Is there a way I can determine how many decimal
>positions that float value has?

Not as far as I know. Floating point numbers may have infinite 
precision. For instance, a number like 1.56 may be actually stored as 
1.599999999999. Using simple arithmetic means, you have no way of 
determining if it's supposed to be 1.56 or really 1.599999999999.

Regards,
Steve Mann
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