[Bluej-discuss] I have reached Infinity

[Josh Rountree]

This is often an exercise in a Data Structures course, with the idea that
students develop their own class/object to handle the desired precision. 

 

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[mailto:bluej-discuss-bounces at bluej.org] On Behalf Of Bryan Luce
Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2006 10:08 PM
To: bluej-discuss at bluej.org
Subject: [Bluej-discuss] I have reached Infinity

 

In playing with an simple program that uses exponents in calculation, I
unintentionally found that 1.6E308 is that largest practical value in Java.
Beyond that, Java considers the number to be "infinity".

I want to push my calculations further than this number, but still maintain
accuracy.  Any suggestions?

Bryan

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