The 53 bits of double s give about 16 digits of precision. The 24 bits of float s give about 7 digits of precision.

Format %lf in printf was not supported in old (pre-C99) versions of C language, which created superficial "inconsistency" between format specifiers for double in printf and scanf.

Jun 12, 2011 · A Double in Java is the class version of the double basic type - you can use doubles but, if you want to do something with them that requires them to be an object (such as …

Oct 20, 2017 · From what I have read, a value of data type double has an approximate precision of 15 decimal places. However, when I use a number whose decimal representation repeats, …

Dec 31, 2021 · I've read about the difference between double precision and single precision. However, in most cases, float and double seem to be interchangeable, i.e. using one or the …

Feb 6, 2011 · I have a double value. I want to format this value in the format of x.yz. How do I do this? I keep getting digits truncated. Can someone tell me how to do this in C#? Thanks!

AFAIK, C supports just a few data types: int, float, double, char, void enum. I need to store a number that could reach into the high 10 digits. Since I'm getting a low 10 digit # from …

Jun 19, 2012 · Using long double I get 18/19 = 0.947368421052631578..., and 947368421052631578 is the repeating decimal. Using double I get 0.947368421052631526...

Jul 9, 2012 · I have a long string with double-type values separated by # -value1#value2#value3# etc I splitted it to string table. Then, I want to convert every single element from this table to …

Jul 22, 2009 · When should I use double instead of decimal? has some similar and more in depth answers. Using double instead of decimal for monetary applications is a micro-optimization - …