Re: Help, best way to compare doubles

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From: Jim Trigg
Date: Tue, 16 Jan 1996 21:39

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In article <TANMOY.96Jan15091322@qcd.lanl.gov> tanmoy@qcd.lanl.gov
(Tanmoy Bhattacharya) writes:

> In article <4ddev4$1vg@stingray.mcnc.org> coats@mcnc.org (Carlie
> Coats) writes: 
> <snip>
>    or (equvalently, but in decently-efficient C):

> ...though undefined according to the ANSI C standard...

>	( t = a - b )*t < esquared * ( a*a + b*b  + delta )

I believe a standard-compliant version would be:

	( t = a - b , t * t) < esquared * ( a * a + b * b + delta )

Just a Thought,
Jim Trigg

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