How far after decimal point is accurate in fasmg?

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l4m2

Joined: 15 Jan 2015
Posts: 674

l4m2 02 Jan 2017, 01:26

Code:

y = 1.0 / 12345678
rept 80
  y = 10 * y
  n = 0
  while y>=1
    n = n+1
    y = y-1
  end while
  display '0'+n
end repeat

What I got is (0.)00000008100000664200054464404466081166218655665115538931309903877111288457712216
while it is actually 8100000664200054464404466081166218655629929761654240455647717363112823775(e-80)(calculated in machematica)
so how many digits can be guaranteed to be right?

02 Jan 2017, 01:26

Tomasz Grysztar

Joined: 16 Jun 2003
Posts: 8358
Location: Kraków, Poland

Tomasz Grysztar 02 Jan 2017, 07:04

fasmg manual, 4. Expression values wrote:

The floating-point numbers are handled by the assembler in the binary form. Their range and precision are at least as high as they are in the longest floating-point format that the assembler is able to produce in the output.

Please also take a look at the other thread where I mention how you can adjust the maximum available precision when re-assembling fasmg.

02 Jan 2017, 07:04

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