[scilab-Users] format(): limit of the number of digits

[Serge Steer]

In Scilab the computations are done using double precision floating points which have a relative tolerance near 1e-16. So digits with rank greater than 16 are generally wrong.

To display more digits one can use the mprintf function
-->mprintf("pi=%.40f",%pi)
pi=3.1415926535897931159979634685441851615906 

But most of them are wrong.

Serge Steer
INRIA
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> De: "jonas" <jonathanattia at gmail.com>
> À: users at lists.scilab.org
> Envoyé: Mercredi 29 Février 2012 20:45:41
> Objet: [scilab-Users] format(): limit of the number of digits
> Hi everyone:
> 
> Is it possible to remove (or reduce) the limit of the number of digits
> (max.
> 25) on the "format([type],[long])"?
> Indeed, I would make a primality test on "numbers calculated" to more
> than
> 25 digits (2.275088307942293793D+58).
> 
> Thank you in advance for your help.
> 
> Best Regards,
> Jonas.
> 
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