From: Jano Svitok <jan.svitok@...>
Date: 2007-06-12T08:32:10+09:00
Subject: Re: Using assert_in_delta for floats with extended notation

On 6/10/07, Daniel Berger <djberg96@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> For comparing floats I normally do something like this:
>
> assert_in_delta('100.324', '100.32', 0.01)
>
> However, for extended notation it breaks down:
>
> assert_in_delta(1.34341429278853e+15,
> 18446744073709551616.quo(13731.24), 1.0)
>
> That gives me a failure. What's the proper way to test this?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dan

assert_in_delta(1.34341429278853e+15, 18446744073709551616.quo(13731.24), 2.0)

works. (the difference is 1.75)

Jano