on 8/30/01 1:47 PM, Frank Bitterlich at bitterlich AT gsco D.OT de wrote:
> But if I write > myVFloatField.SetString("123.45") > s = myVFloatField.GetString > > and s is "123.46", then I don't find that funny. (Although > "123.45000002563" would be perfectly acceptable, since that's the normal > floating-point arithmethic problem).
Hi, Frank.
If you can live with the variation in representation then you are OK. I didn't have a problem with it; however, some of the people I am working with got very nervous with it. They don't mind what the computer does internally however they don't want to see it. :)
Best regards, John Roberts
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