AW: Java and double

2001-11-15 Thread Ralph Einfeldt
That won't change anything, as the Math class uses the normal primitive datatypes. This is a 'problem' of representing numbers in double and float. -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: Mangi, Rick [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Gesendet: Mittwoch, 14. November 2001 17:47 An: 'Tomcat Users

AW: Java and double

2001-11-14 Thread Ralph Einfeldt
As in most other programming languages float and double are implemented in way that numbers are not represented exactly. That's caused by the internal format which is used to store floats and doubles. If you want know more of the basics have a look at

AW: Java and double

2001-11-14 Thread Ralph Einfeldt
That changes nothing. If the left side of an assignment is double, all numbers to the right are automagically double. Such helpers are just needed if the left side has a lower precision than double (float, int, short, byte) The only ways to get more precise results: - use BigDecimal. -