Re: What is the behaviour of double / float primitive == comparison?

"Gregory A. Swarthout" <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.windows.devel.java.advanced
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 >Carfield Yim wrote:

> I am not really clear about the definition of JLS:
>
> Otherwise, two distinct floating-point values are considered unequal
> by the equality operators. In particular, there is one value
> representing positive infinity and one value representing negative
> infinity; each compares equal only to itself, and each compares
> unequal to all other values.
>
> http://java.sun.com/docs/books/jls/third_edition/html/expressions.html#5198
>
>
> Say for following case, will this print true?
>
> System.out.println( 3.0/7.0 == 1.5/3.5 )

Why ask us?  Why not try it and find out?

Greg

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