Thanks for the post - I have seen these values, which is why I am perplexed
as to why I can only get up to 32000 and change.. I have it set to 8 bytes,
and I am declaring the values as doubles.. yet anything above 32768 goes to
negative..
Ideas?
Jason
John Stephenson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:57105@palm-dev-forum...
>
> From "Targeting Palm OS" :
>
> 68K Floating Point Formats
> The 68K back-end compiler lets you choose the number of bytes allocated
for
> a double using the 8-Byte Doubles option in the 68K Processor settings
> panel. For Palm OS platform development, enable the 8-byte Doubles option.
>
> For this type Option setting Size is and its range is
> float n/a 32 bits 1.17549e-38
to
> 3.40282e+38
> short double n/a 64 bits 2.22507e-308 to
> 1.79769e+308
> double 8-Byte Doubles is on 64 bits 2.22507e-308 to
1.79769e+308
> long double n/a 80 bits 3.362103e-4932 to
> 1.18973e+4932
>
>
> spike
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "JF" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Newsgroups: palm-dev-forum
> To: "Palm Developer Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2001 7:06 PM
> Subject: Re: unsigned float?
>
>
> > Oh and I tried it as a double, which I know is 8 bytes, but it STILL
> > basically turns negative after 32768 ( 8 ^ 5)... Any ideas??
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Jason
> >
> >
> > JF <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:57098@palm-dev-forum...
> > >
> > > Is there a way to get either an unsigned float or a double-length
float?
> > > Either 4 unsigned bytes or 8 signed bytes (instead of 4)?
> > >
> > > My app calculates an order total dollar amount, and if it's too big,
> goes
> > > into negative.. So I either need to reserve more bits for positive
> > numbers,
> > > or find a way to use the existing ones better.
> > >
> > > For example, I only need accuracy to 2 decimal places. Is there a way
to
> > > declare it so only 2 decimal places are recorded and the rest of the
> bits
> > > are used for the whole number portion?
> > >
> > > Thanks!
> > > Jason
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
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