Hang on, hang on, now I'm getting confused. First you asked for the smallest (positive) x such that 1+x /= x which is around x=4.5e15. Then Joachim wondered if you wanted 1+x /= 1 which is around x=2.2e-16. But not you claim to be looking for the smallest positive number that a Double can represent. Which is a totally different beast. The smallest possible Double depends on if you want to accept denormalized numbers or not. If you don't, then it's about x=4.5e-308. Now what is the number you are looking for? -- Lennart On Sep 29, 2006, at 22:02 , Tamas K Papp wrote:
On Fri, Sep 29, 2006 at 06:53:35PM -0700, Chad Scherrer wrote:
Tamas,
You might want to read Joachim's post more carefully - he's trying to help you, and I think he makes a good point.
Chad,
If his point is that there is no smallest positive number, then I think I understand it, thanks. I should have said that I was looking for the smallest positive number Double can represent, but thought that was clear from the context.
If this is not his point, I'd really appreciate an explanation.
Thanks,
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