Article #15637: SIGNIFICANT DIGITS OF 8087 FLOATING-POINT TYPES

 Technical Notes Database

TN637D.txt   SIGNIFICANT DIGITS OF 8087 FLOATING-POINT TYPES
Category   :Pascal
Platform    :All
Product    :Turbo Pascal  4.0+

Description:
Q. How many significant digits do the 8087 floating-point types
   provide?
A.      Type           Digits of precision
       --------       -------------------
       single               7-8
       double              15-16
       extended            19-20
       comp                19-20


Reference:


7/16/98 4:35:34 PM
 

Last Modified: 01-SEP-99