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Old 11-07-2007
max precision in float

Hi,

As all of us know that size of int is machine as well as compiler dependent
we can get the range and size of an int , float and char etc in

/usr/include/limits.h

header file of a compiler

but could any one tell me how to get info of precision of float and double
data type in a perticular compiler ?



thanks
# 2  
Old 11-07-2007
This should do the trick... Enquire.c
# 3  
Old 11-07-2007
Or look in limits.h yourself for FLT_DIG and DBL_DIG

On POSIX-compliant UNIX boxes POSIX requires those to be at least

FLT_DIG 6
DBL_DIG 15
# 4  
Old 11-08-2007
not working

but i did not get this in limits.h
# 5  
Old 11-08-2007
(a) what platform / compiler are you using?

(b) did "enquire.c" work for you?

(c) it does not have to come from limits.h, however if limits.h is included you should have it.
# 6  
Old 11-08-2007
platform

linux , GNU C compiler
# 7  
Old 11-08-2007
try #include <float.h>
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