> On 10/2/07, Raul Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> It seems to me that if a number displayed with the digits >> indicated by 9!:10 has exactly the same bit pattern as that >> number displayed to full precision then the more concise >> variant should be used. >> >> Currently, we get: >> >> 6.3&] >> 6.2999999999999998&] > Raul:
For printing a floating point number, J has simply to round it to a fixed number of significant digits. It does not have to consider other decimal numbers with the same bit pattern. What you are suggesting seems considerably more complicated: it would require J to take a floating point number and, among all decimal numbers with the same bit pattern, select the one with the fewest significant digits. In my opinion, this a large price to pay for a cosmetic improvement. However, I may be misunderstanding what you are saying. Best wishes, John ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
