Comments on: Weird Math (aka “IEEE-754 double-precision floating-point number sucks”) http://blog.oaxoa.com/2008/03/22/weird-math-aka-ieee-754-double-precision-floating-point-number-sukcs/ weblog about actionscript 3 experiments, flex, php and web development stuff Mon, 06 Oct 2008 16:22:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: EECOLOR http://blog.oaxoa.com/2008/03/22/weird-math-aka-ieee-754-double-precision-floating-point-number-sukcs/#comment-97 EECOLOR Sat, 22 Mar 2008 11:01:21 +0000 http://blog.oaxoa.com/2008/03/22/weird-math-aka-ieee-754-double-precision-floating-point-number-sukcs/#comment-97 Try this: trace("123456789012345672:", 123456789012345672, ", 123456789012345672 - 72:", 123456789012345672 - 72); As you can see, Flash can handle bigger numbers. Apparently something goes wrong while displaying them. Greetz Erik Try this:

trace(”123456789012345672:”, 123456789012345672, “, 123456789012345672 - 72:”, 123456789012345672 - 72);

As you can see, Flash can handle bigger numbers. Apparently something goes wrong while displaying them.

Greetz Erik

]]> By: Vyper http://blog.oaxoa.com/2008/03/22/weird-math-aka-ieee-754-double-precision-floating-point-number-sukcs/#comment-96 Vyper Sat, 22 Mar 2008 08:53:39 +0000 http://blog.oaxoa.com/2008/03/22/weird-math-aka-ieee-754-double-precision-floating-point-number-sukcs/#comment-96 The low float value behaviour can be explained here: http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/knowledgebase/index.cfm?id=tn_13989 However the high number issue makes no sense since the highest number Flash should be able to handle is 1.79769313486231e+308. The low float value behaviour can be explained here:
http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/knowledgebase/index.cfm?id=tn_13989

However the high number issue makes no sense since the highest number Flash should be able to handle is 1.79769313486231e+308.

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