Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2011 1:22 pm Post subject: Whats the difference between Float values and Double value..
As the name of the topic shows, I want to know the difference between Float and Double values.
Sorry if someone thinks of this as a noob question.
Well, I hope someone can answer this and ty in advance.
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Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2011 1:35 pm Post subject:
A double value reserves 8 byte in the memory. A float value just 4 bytes. Therefore a double value has a valuation from 2.3E-308 to 1.7E+308 whereas a floating point just from 1.2E-38 to 3.4E+38. So a double can basically just store bigger and smaller values then a float and is more accurate.
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