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How to control the precision of double

Hi, I am confused by the double type in C++. I don't know whether
below is legal or possible:

double PI = 3.141592675932;

Now, can I get another double variable from PI with lower precision,
for
example, 3.1415926 .

Or, in another way, how does the double presented in computer, and
can I get different precision presentation from the same variable?

Thanks in advance!

Mar 16 '07
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Bo Yang <st********@gma il.comwrote:
Hi, I am confused by the double type in C++. I don't know whether
below is legal or possible:

double PI = 3.141592675932;
Just FYI: Your value for PI is inaccurate. Using the same number of
digits, it should be:

double PI = 3.141592653589;

or

double PI = 3.141592653590;

depending if you want to truncate or round the value.

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Marcus Kwok
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Mar 16 '07 #11

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