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Number data type predicates.
Paulo Moura
1.5
2018/7/14
static, context_switching_calls
public atomic
Compares two numbers for approximate equality given an epsilon value using the de facto standard formula abs(Number1 - Number2) =< max(abs(Number1), abs(Number2)) * Epsilon. No type-checking.
static
approximately_equal(Number1,Number2,Epsilon)
approximately_equal(+number,+number,+number) – zero_or_one
Compares two numbers for essential equality given an epsilon value using the de facto standard formula abs(Number1 - Number2) =< min(abs(Number1), abs(Number2)) * Epsilon. No type-checking.
static
essentially_equal(Number1,Number2,Epsilon)
essentially_equal(+number,+number,+number) – zero_or_one
Compares two numbers for close equality given relative and absolute tolerances using the de facto standard formula abs(Number1 - Number2) =< max(RelativeTolerance * max(abs(Number1), abs(Number2)), AbsoluteTolerance). No type-checking.
static
tolerance_equal(Number1,Number2,RelativeTolerance,AbsoluteTolerance)
tolerance_equal(+number,+number,+number,+number) – zero_or_one
Compares two floats (or lists of floats) for approximate equality using 100*epsilon for the absolute error and, if that fails, 99.999% accuracy for the relative error. Note that these precision values may not be adequate for all cases. No type-checking.
static
=~=(Float1,Float2)
=~=(+number,+number) – zero_or_one
=~=(+list(number),+list(number)) – zero_or_one
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