[erlang-questions] OtpErlangDouble/OtpErlangFloat

[Martin Dimitrov]

Hello,

I have some strings in Java representing floating point numbers. I want
to transfer them to Erlang. So I create an object of type
OtpErlangFloat. The problem is that is rounds the number funnily. For
example,

String s = "22.4";
float f = Float.parseFloat(s);
System.out.println(f); // 22.4
OtpErlangFloat ef = new OtpErlangFloat(f);
System.out.println(ef.toString()); // 22.399999618530273

Then in Erlang:

mochinum:digits(Ef).
"22.399999618530273"

but

mochinum:digits(22.4).
"22.4"

Is there a way to keep the precision when constructing
OtpErlangDouble/OtpErlangFloat?

Thanks in advance,

Martin