----------------------------------- cool dude Sun Aug 13, 2006 2:18 pm comparing double to integer ----------------------------------- how would i compare a number that is declared as a double although it is an integer that just has a zero at the end. ex: 123.0 to an integer. i can't declare the double number as an integer because i'm using Math.Pow and it always makes it double, but i wanna take the answer from that and see if it equals to an integer number. for example does 123.0 = 123. this will not be equal, thus i will not get any results. any suggestions? ----------------------------------- Justin_ Sun Aug 13, 2006 2:49 pm ----------------------------------- Have you tried: instead of casting the Math.Pow variable cast the integer you are comparing to a float? Just a suggestion. (Math.Pow.float_int == (float) int_variable) ----------------------------------- Justin_ Sun Aug 13, 2006 2:52 pm ----------------------------------- Or wait, I misunderstood. Just cast the double returned from Math.Pow and compare... if ((int) power_returned == int_) ----------------------------------- wtd Sun Aug 13, 2006 2:56 pm ----------------------------------- Keep in mind that floating point numbers are inherently imprecise. Thus it can be difficult to directly compare two such numbers for equality. ----------------------------------- r.3volved Sun Aug 13, 2006 4:47 pm ----------------------------------- also, casting a double to an int will either truncate the decimals or round them... You would have to cast your integer to a double to compare the two, not visa versa ----------------------------------- bugzpodder Sat Sep 16, 2006 8:12 pm ----------------------------------- add some epsilon constant to the result and truncate it by casting to an int ----------------------------------- McKenzie Tue Sep 19, 2006 11:54 am ----------------------------------- Floating point numbers are imprecise only when representing fractions, or extreamely large numbers. Casting it should be fine. ----------------------------------- bugzpodder Thu Sep 21, 2006 7:06 pm ----------------------------------- http://www.topcoder.com/tc?module=Static&d1=tutorials&d2=integersReals ----------------------------------- bugzpodder Thu Sep 21, 2006 7:11 pm ----------------------------------- cool! i forgot all about x&(x-1) !! now i can use it to improve my AI :)