Why do I get zero?
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Running 7.10.0 (R2010a) under Windows 7 on an Intel i5 (Lenovo laptop):
K>> TAhi
TAhi = -8.6578e+009
K>> TAlo
TAlo = -8.6578e+009
K>> TAhi/2.0 - TAlo/2.0
ans = 9.5367e-007
K>> (TAhi+TAlo)/2.0 - TAlo
ans = 0
Why do I get 0 when I should get 9.5367e-007 ? I wouldn't image e-007 is anywhere near machine tolerance.
Any help is appreciated!
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Nirmal Gunaseelan
il 24 Giu 2011
The next highest floating point number representable relative to the current number is probably the issue here. Please read further at EPS documentation page.
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Fangjun Jiang
il 24 Giu 2011
Maybe you can type in the following command and then do your calculation again to see the difference
format long
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David Young
il 24 Giu 2011
(TAhi-TAlo)/TAhi is close to machine precision, and it's this relative size that matters when comparing two almost equal numbers.
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