[Bluej-discuss] I have reached Infinity

[Todd O'Bryan]

Or you can check out the BigDecimal and BigInteger classes that come  
with Java.

Todd

On Nov 21, 2006, at 11:48 PM, Josh Rountree wrote:

> 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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> From: bluej-discuss-bounces at bluej.org [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
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> 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".
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> I want to push my calculations further than this number, but still  
> maintain accuracy.  Any suggestions?
>
> Bryan