If you are using 3.5 why dont you use
float and double ??
then you can do normal maths ie.
double a = 10.123
double b = 20.4565
b = a - b etc....
Rik
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Pablo Valle [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: 19 September 2000 10:26
> To: Palm Developer Forum
> Subject: Serious Palm FloatNumber problem
>
> Hi all,
> I think that this is a serious problem with the FloatMgr (SDK 3.5 that
> comes
> from the NewFloatMgr in SDK 3.1), IT CAN'T SUBSTRACT !!
> The result for something like this
>
> Uint16 accuracy=0;
> FlpCompDouble x, y;
> x.d = 0.999999;
> y.d = 1;
>
> x.fd = FlpCorrectedSub(x.fd, y.fd, Accuracy);
>
> will give a result of
> -9.999999998067111E-7
> ...and we all know that the answer is -0.0000010000000000
>
> I search for the FlpCorrectedSub in the last Reference Manual (print
> 6/00),
> in the KnowldgeBase, and in the mails to this forum, and found no
> reference
> to the function, why _d_sub doesn't work? (if it gives the same answer
> that
> FlpCorrectedSub !!) Why SampleCalc use it? What is the Accuracy? And what
> is
> _fp_round (I changed it before the function call, to flpToNearest,
> flpTowardZero, flpUpward, and flpDownward and always the result was the
> same).
>
> Maybe Palm needs to put better FloatMgr in next OS? (a Re-Re-NewFloatMgr?)
> Any comments?
>
>
>
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