[Scilab-users] {EXT} Re: display of complex/not real numbers, again

[Federico Miyara]

Stéphane,

>> Let me give the following rationale. When parsing with msscanf we get
>>
>> --> msscanf("1.60000000000000009","%lf")==1.6
>>  ans  =
>>
>>   T
>>
>> but
>>
>> --> msscanf("1.70000000000000018","%lf")==1.7
>>  ans  =
>>
>>   F
>>
>> The actual display algorithm does not use msscanf but a 
>> cross-platform code (msscanf give different results on Windows and 
>> Linux/OSX), but this was just a way to explain why the display of 1.7 
> I meant x(8) when x=1:0.1:2, i.e. 1.70000000000000018
>> could (not should) be different.

OK, I can now grasp what is the reason why I see 1.7 instead of 
1.7000000 on my system, but I cannot find a good rationale for trailing 
zeros.

Regards,

Federico Miyara





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