[flexcoders] Comparing numbers with a tolerance

Hi, I'm trying to compare 3 points but because of double precision in AS3 i'm running into some issues with trailing digits causing the numbers to not be equal, i.e. 1.25 != 1.24999 what i'd like to figure out how to do is introduce a tolerance of say .001. then i'd compare the test point

Re: [flexcoders] Comparing numbers with a tolerance

If you want to know to compare two values with tolerance then subtract them and see if the result is within your tolerance. public function within(x:Number, y:Number, tolerance:Number):Boolean { var difference:Number = x - y; return difference <= tolerance && difference >= - tollerance; } HTH