When I print both values, they print exactly same. so I am assuming no precision lost for this specific example 123.4. but still Cmp returns non-zero.
--- Santhosh On Monday, February 15, 2021 at 2:03:24 AM UTC+5:30 Kurtis Rader wrote: > The value 123.4 cannot be represented exactly as a float64. See > https://golang.org/pkg/math/big/#NewFloat for the caveats involved in > using NewFloat() or SetFloat64(). Passing a string representation allows > the implementation to preserve the exact value without rounding. > > On Sun, Feb 14, 2021 at 12:21 PM Santhosh Kumar T <santhos...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> I created: >> one instance using big.NewFloat function >> another instance using big.Float.SetString method >> >> when compared both these instances using big.Float.Cmp, it return non-zero >> >> code: https://play.golang.org/p/NhQ-klcph2z >> >> am I doing something wrong ? >> can some one explain why Cmp returns non-zero ? >> >> thanks >> Santhosh >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "golang-nuts" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to golang-nuts...@googlegroups.com. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/golang-nuts/82e16a17-387e-41cb-a79c-723c2e8a772bn%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/golang-nuts/82e16a17-387e-41cb-a79c-723c2e8a772bn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > > > -- > Kurtis Rader > Caretaker of the exceptional canines Junior and Hank > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "golang-nuts" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to golang-nuts+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/golang-nuts/62f0afbd-31d3-42db-b967-9a6b5b77d838n%40googlegroups.com.
