Besides, (x&|) is atomic and generalized to other bases:

   10 1 0.1 |/ 321 32.1 3.21 0.321 0.0321
1 2.1 3.21 0.321 0.0321
0 0.1 0.21 0.321 0.0321
0   0 0.01 0.021 0.0321




> From: Rob Hodgkinson <[email protected]>
> 
> Nothing, that would probably be my preferred choice too (Ric pointed  
> this out subsequently).
> 
> I was just focusing on the real question of print precision - the same  
> print precision issue occurs for either approach.
> 
> Note though that (- <.) performs faster albeit uses more space.
> 
> dec1=:- <.
> dec2=:1&|
> 10{.z=:0.01*?100000$100000
> 318.72 415.11 155.08 826.2 664.99 381.41 148.83 758.18 562.25 117.54
> ts=: 6!:2 , 7!:2...@]
> 
> 100 ts 'dec1 z'
> 0.00573867950439 1573696
> 100 ts 'dec2 z'
> 0.010124067688 1049472
> (dec1 -: dec2) z
> 1
> 
> Thanks Oleg, Regards Rob
> 
> On 03/05/2009, at 8:35 AM, Oleg Kobchenko wrote:
> 
> >
> > What's wrong with (1&|) ?
> >
> >
> > ((- <.) -: 1&|)  _5.1 _5.01 _0.0001 0 0.0001 5.1 5.2 5.0002
> > 1
> >
> >
> >> From: Rob Hodgkinson 
> >>
> >> Alex, you may be asking 'too much print precision' on your display,  
> >> eg:
> >>
> >> decimal=:-<.
> >> 9!:11 ]14
> >>
> >> decimal 5.1 5.2
> >> 0.1 0.2
> >> 9!:11 ]15
> >>
> >> decimal 5.1 5.2
> >> 0.0999999999999996 0.2
> >> 9!:11 ]16
> >>
> >> decimal 5.1 5.2
> >> 0.09999999999999964 0.2000000000000002
> >>
> >> You may need to use fmt (8!: x) to produce a specified format to  
> >> avoid
> >> the system rounding display.
> >>
> >> Rob Hodgkinson
> >>
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