Livecode's math precision

[mikedoub at gmail.com]

Thanks Peter.    Just the info I needed.  

Regards,
   Mike

  Original Message  
From: Peter W A Wood
Sent: Tuesday, March 17, 2015 9:55 PM
To: How to use LiveCode
Reply To: How to use LiveCode
Subject: Re: Livecode's math precision

Mike

This explanation from Mark Waddingham confirms that numbers are held in IEEE 754 format - http://quality.runrev.com/show_bug.cgi?id=9349

I’m pretty sure it is 64-bit. I tried multiplying a value of Pi with more significant digits than a 32 bit number can hold in the message box:

Code:
put format ("%.30g",3.14159265358979323846264338327950 * 1.0)

Result:
3.14159265358979311599796346854

Hope this helps

Peter


> On 18 Mar 2015, at 06:21, Michael Doub <mikedoub at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Can anyone point me to a reference that discusses the precision of livecode's math calculations? Is it doing IEEE 754 64-bit floating point under the covers?
> 
> Thanks
> Mike
> 
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