In Solaris and Windows java uses different ways of printing infinite values.
Thus execution of the following test:
public class test
{
public static void main(String argv[])
{
System.out.println(Float.POSITIVE_INFINITY);
}
}
produces the following results:
in Solaris: Inf
in Windows: 1.#INF
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marlon
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Stanley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Friday, March 12, 2004 1:18 PM
> To: CF-Talk
> Subject: Interesting Numbers
>
> All,
> As a result of mathematical manipulations, I am getting the following
> result in CFMX.
>
>
> 1.#INF
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> which, I assume means 1. followed by a very large number of decimal
> places.
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>
> If this assumption is correct, then how can I show this number to say one
> or
> two or three decimal places? Or is this even possible?
>
>
> If this assumption is not correct, then what does the #INF mean?
>
>
> TIA
>
>
> John
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