Java double.MAX_VALUE?

Double.MAX_VALUE is the maximum value a double can represent (somewhere around 1.7*10^308). This should end in some calculation problems, if you try to subtract the maximum possible value of a data type. Even though when you are dealing with money you should never use floating point values especially while rounding this can cause problems (you will … Read more

Difference between decimal, float and double in .NET?

float and double are floating binary point types. In other words, they represent a number like this: The binary number and the location of the binary point are both encoded within the value. decimal is a floating decimal point type. In other words, they represent a number like this: Again, the number and the location of the decimal point are both encoded within the value – that’s … Read more

Difference between decimal, float and double in .NET?

float and double are floating binary point types. In other words, they represent a number like this: The binary number and the location of the binary point are both encoded within the value. decimal is a floating decimal point type. In other words, they represent a number like this: Again, the number and the location of the decimal point are both encoded within the value – that’s … Read more

How to implement infinity in Java?

double supports Infinity Add New Post Add titleHow to implement infinity in Java? double supports Infinitydouble inf = Double.POSITIVE_INFINITY; System.out.println(inf + 5); System.out.println(inf – inf); // same as Double.NaN System.out.println(inf * -1); // same as Double.NEGATIVE_INFINITY printsInfinity NaN -Infinity prints note: Infinity – Infinity is Not A Number.

Double cannot be dereferenced?

EDIT 4/23/12 double cannot be dereferenced is the error some Java compilers give when you try to call a method on a primitive. It seems to me double has no such method would be more helpful, but what do I know. From your code, it seems you think you can copy a text representation of … Read more

How to cast the size_t to double or int C++

A cast, as Blaz Bratanic suggested: is likely to silence the warning (though in principle a compiler can warn about anything it likes, even if there’s a cast). But it doesn’t solve the problem that the warning was telling you about, namely that a conversion from size_t to int really could overflow. If at all … Read more