[erlang-questions] erlang float comparison

[Hynek Vychodil]

1> 0.99999998 < 1.000000.
true
2> 1.99999976 < 1.99999988.
true

What's the problem?

On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 9:41 AM, Angel J. Alvarez Miguel <clist@REDACTED>wrote:

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> Hi guys
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> I need to compare two floats something like 0.99999998... vs 1.000000
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> and we came across accuracy problems when testing dihedral angles on a
> molecule...
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> so we read
> http://www.cygnus-software.com/papers/comparingfloats/comparingfloats.htm
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> and wanted to implement something like:
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> if (*(int*)&f1 < *(int*)&f2)...
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> when ef1 and f2 are floats... (f1 about 0.9999899.. and f2=1.0
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> is think we should start with...
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>  <<Padding:16,Myint:64>> = term_to_binary(1.9999976,[{minor_version,1}]).
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> and let Padding swallow the external format and tag while Myint gets the
> ieee754 float
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> But MyInt = 4611686017346523993 instead of 1073741822
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> these conversion should follow ieee754 and being lexicografic ordered
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> but ...
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> term_to_binary(1.99999976,[{minor_version,1}]).
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> <<131,70,63,255,255,255,191,147,83,89>>
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> term_to_binary(1.99999988,[{minor_version,1}]).
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> <<131,70,63,255,255,255,223,201,169,173>>
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> doesnt seem to be the same thatn you spect to see after reading that
> page...
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>  ..What im doing wrong....?
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> ieee754 layout....
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>   +1.99999976
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> 0x3FFFFFFE
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> 1073741822
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> +1.99999988
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> 0x3FFFFFFF
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> 1073741823
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> +2.00000000
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> 0x40000000
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> 1073741824
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> +2.00000024
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> 0x40000001
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> 1073741825
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> +2.00000048
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> 0x40000002
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> 1073741826
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> Thanks!..
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> /Angel
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