What is the biggest float number f so that -f doesn't overflow and is
still representable as a float.
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Alexander Malkis wrote: What is the biggest float number f so that -f doesn't overflow and is still representable as a float.
FLT_MAX, defined in <float.h>. This value will be
different on different C implementations, but will always
be at least 1e37.
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"Alexander Malkis" <al*****************@stone.cs.uni-sb.de> a écrit dans le
message de news:c5***********@hades.rz.uni-saarland.de... What is the biggest float number f so that -f doesn't overflow and is still representable as a float.
The <float.h> header provides lots of stuff concerning floating-point
numbers handling. The macros FLT_MIN and FLT_MAX represent the largest
values respectively for the minimum et maximum values for the type float.
The values are implementation defined.
Therefore, to anwer your question, if f is positive, -f doesnt overflow
until f doesn't exceed -FLT_MIN, if f is negative, -f doesnt overflow until
f doesn't exceed -FLT_MAX.
Regis -- Best regards, Alex.
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"Régis Troadec" wrote: "Alexander Malkis" <al*****************@stone.cs.uni-sb.de> a écrit dans le message de news:c5***********@hades.rz.uni-saarland.de... What is the biggest float number f so that -f doesn't overflow and is still representable as a float. The <float.h> header provides lots of stuff concerning floating-point numbers handling. The macros FLT_MIN and FLT_MAX represent the largest values respectively for the minimum et maximum values for the type float. The values are implementation defined. Therefore, to anwer your question, if f is positive, -f doesnt overflow until f doesn't exceed -FLT_MIN, if f is negative, -f doesnt overflow until f doesn't exceed -FLT_MAX.
No; you've misunderstood FLT_MIN:
5.2.4.2.2 Characteristics of floating types <float.h>
[...]
/10/ The values given in the following list shall be
replaced by constant expressions with implementation-
defined (positive) values that are less than or equal
to those shown:
[...]
-- minimum normalized positive floating-point number,
[...]
FLT_MIN 1E-37
IMHO the name FLT_MIN is misleading on two counts. First,
it looks just like INT_MIN and LONG_MIN and so forth, but has
a meaning that is not at all analogous to those. Second, it
is not necessarily the minimum positive value distinguishable
from 0.0f; an implementation that supports "denormal" numbers
(most do, nowadays) can represent values that are smaller than
FLT_MIN but greater than zero. Misleading or not, though, the
name is part of the Standard and we'll just have to deal with
it by remembering what it isn't.
-- Er*********@sun.com
"Régis Troadec" <re**@wanadoo.fr> writes: Therefore, to anwer your question, if f is positive, -f doesnt overflow until f doesn't exceed -FLT_MIN, if f is negative, -f doesnt overflow until f doesn't exceed -FLT_MAX.
FLT_MIN has little or nothing to do with overflow. It is the
minimum normalized positive float. Its value is greater than 0
and less than or equal to 1e-37.
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"Regis Troadec" <re**@wanadoo.fr> wrote:
: The <float.h> header provides lots of stuff concerning floating-point
: numbers handling. The macros FLT_MIN and FLT_MAX represent the largest
: values respectively for the minimum et maximum values for the type float.
: The values are implementation defined.
: Therefore, to anwer your question, if f is positive, -f doesnt overflow
: until f doesn't exceed -FLT_MIN, if f is negative, -f doesnt overflow until
: f doesn't exceed -FLT_MAX.
Methinks you're mixing up FLT_MIN (tiny, positive) and -FLT_MAX (huge, negative).
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"Régis Troadec" <re**@wanadoo.fr> a écrit dans le message de
news:c5**********@news-reader4.wanadoo.fr... "Alexander Malkis" <al*****************@stone.cs.uni-sb.de> a écrit dans
le message de news:c5***********@hades.rz.uni-saarland.de... What is the biggest float number f so that -f doesn't overflow and is still representable as a float. The <float.h> header provides lots of stuff concerning floating-point numbers handling. The macros FLT_MIN and FLT_MAX represent the largest values respectively for the minimum et maximum values for the type float. The values are implementation defined. Therefore, to anwer your question, if f is positive, -f doesnt overflow until f doesn't exceed -FLT_MIN, if f is negative, -f doesnt overflow
until f doesn't exceed -FLT_MAX.
Arghhh, BULLSHIT !! Some confusion : I answered as if it were with integers.
Not the same.
FLT_MAX is only useful.
Regis Regis
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"Ike Naar" <no****@nospam.invalid> a écrit dans le message de
news:4f*****************@typhoon.bart.nl... "Regis Troadec" <re**@wanadoo.fr> wrote: : The <float.h> header provides lots of stuff concerning floating-point : numbers handling. The macros FLT_MIN and FLT_MAX represent the largest : values respectively for the minimum et maximum values for the type
float. : The values are implementation defined. : Therefore, to anwer your question, if f is positive, -f doesnt overflow : until f doesn't exceed -FLT_MIN, if f is negative, -f doesnt overflow
until : f doesn't exceed -FLT_MAX.
Methinks you're mixing up FLT_MIN (tiny, positive) and -FLT_MAX (huge,
negative).
In fact, I really misunderstood it as Eric and Ben said. I answered too
quickly as if it were integers and had some confusion between FLT_MIN and
INT_MIN.
Regis -- mail to ike at iae dot nl
And how about an int? On my impl, one of -INT_MIN and -INT_MAX is not
representable.
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"Alexander Malkis" <al*****************@stone.cs.uni-sb.de> a écrit dans le
message de news:c5***********@hades.rz.uni-saarland.de... And how about an int? On my impl, one of -INT_MIN and -INT_MAX is not representable.
The absolutes values of INT_MIN and INT_MAX may be different, so
either -INT_MIN either -INT_MAX isn't representable. Often, the absolute
value of the minimum is greater than the absolute value of the maximum
(perhaps because of 2's complement ?), then, -INT_MIN may not be
representable on your implementation, because it's greater than INT_MAX.
The bullshits I said about floating point numbers can now be applied to
integers ;-)
If an int, say n, is negative, then -n is representable if it (-n) doesn't
exceed INT_MAX.
If n is positive, then -n is representable if it doesn't exceed INT_MIN.
The header <limits.h> provides all you need to safely control the values of
your integers.
According to the type of your signed integers, other useful macros are
SCHAR_MIN(MAX) for signed char, SHRT_MIN(MAX) for short int, LONG_MIN(MAX)
for long int, and in C99, LLONG_MIN(MAX) for long long int.
Regis -- Best regards, Alex.
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Régis Troadec wrote: If an int, say n, is negative, then -n is representable if it (-n) doesn't exceed INT_MAX. If n is positive, then -n is representable if it doesn't exceed INT_MIN.
If n is positive,
then there's no problem with -n exceeding any limits.
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