From: Daniel Berger <djberg96@...>
Date: 2007-06-12T09:42:56+09:00
Subject: Re: Using assert_in_delta for floats with extended notation



On Jun 11, 5:32 pm, "Jano Svitok" <jan.svi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 6/10/07, Daniel Berger <djber...@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

Thanks. I suck.

Dan