Floating Point - Displaying A Decimal With A Given Maximum Length?
Apr 28, 2010
I am writing a custom totaling method for a grid view. I am totaling fairly large numbers so I'd like to use a decimal to get the total. The problem is I need to control the maximum length of the total number. To solve this problem I started using float but it doesn't seem to support large enough numbers, I get this in the totals column(1.551538E+07). So is there some formating string I can use in .ToString() to guarentee that I never get more then X characters in the total field? Keep in mind I'm totaling integers and decimals.
How to determine when floating point limitations will cause errors in your calculations. For example the following code. CalculateTotalTax = function (TaxRate, TaxFreePrice) { return ((parseFloat(TaxFreePrice) / 100) * parseFloat(TaxRate)).toFixed(4); };
I have been unable to input any two values that have caused for me an incorrect result for this method. If I remove the toFixed(4) I can infact see where the calculations start to lose accuracy (somewhere around the 6th decimal place). Having said that though, my understanding of floats is that even small numbers can sometimes fail to be represented or have I misunderstood and can 4 decimal places (for example) always be represented accurately.
MSDN explains floats as such... This means they cannot hold an exact representation of any quantity that is not a binary fraction (of the form k / (2 ^ n) where k and n are integers). Now I assume this applies to all floats (inlcuding those used in javascript). How can one determine if any specific method will be vulnerable to errors in floating point operations, at what precision will those errors materialize and what inputs will be required to produce those errors?
Dim L16, L23, L45, t As Double Dim LBase, LAdjacent, LOpposite As Double L16 = 20
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Both equations should be equivalent: I've simply replaced L16 with LBase, L23 with LAdjacent and L45 with LOpposite. Yet the first equation outputs 3586 while the second outputs 3587.
I'm using Visual Basic 2010 Express to edit an XML file. I want to replace items that have (typically) non-zero floating point numbers with a single zero.
I will get an error message. I tried something like
Code: Public ObjectPoint As PointF Dim cpoint As New PointF() cpoint.ObjectPoint = New PointF(startX, startY) e.Graphics.DrawEllipse(Pens.Blue, cpoint.ObjectPoint, 0.4, 0.4)
but it didn't work for the location and the circle size. How to draw a circle(and rectangle) by using floating point numbers?
My form length is currently 1040 which when run displays as 870 and I use the vertical scroll bar to access the the boxes not displayed. I need more however, let's just say 1140 in length, but when I type that number into the 'size height' it only goes to 1044. Is there a way for my form to be the length that I need?
I made the first textbox to have a maxlength of 4 characters. Now after the user has entered 4 characters I want the program to automaticly tab to the second textbox.
Below is my gridview sample that retrieve a formatted html in my database..All i want to achieve is to limit the maximum length of characters i.e "50" then automatically create a pagination for the succeeding characters..to be posted in the gridview
I'm trying to fix an issue with an application I'm supporting (I didn't write the code). The code takes an SSRS report and renders it in pdf format. Users are sporadically getting the error indicated in the title. There is no rhyme or reason to when the error is generated (a particular report will run one time and throw the error the next).[code]
I read that the default length limit is 4MB. None of the reports by themselves are even over 350K. I'm wondering if this could be caused by a caching issue. I'm not an expert, so I need some guidance as to how best to solve the problem. I also want to understand why the issue is happening. Please note that only 2 reports are shown in the snippet - there are about 30+ reports in the full sub. I tried the proposed solution, but it didn't help (I also tried the Fiddler route, but did not see anything glaring). I thought it might be best to clarify. The reports will run fine for a while, but the execution time gradually gets slower and slower until the application eventually displays the error.
I think this should be a very basic question. Anyways, when trying to run the script:
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I get an "invalid floating point operation" error, and the line "c = Log(a+1.0)/(b/2.0)" gets highlighted. Then, without making any changes whatsoever, I run the script again, and it works perfectly, outputting the value 0.2773... How can I fix this, so that it works right the first time?
What I need to do is find a string that can be any value, and is placed between ">" and "</" with a minimun length of 5 and a maximum length of 7 and contains exactly 2 dots.
So if I have a text file like this:
<a href="www.site.com">a site</a> text<br /> More test<br />
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I want it to find only the 5.0.77. And no, the number isn't always between h2 tags, and the number isn't even always the same. The only thing that is static about it is that is is between ">" and "</" and that it is between 5 and 7 characters and contains 2 dots.
Im wanting to use a textbox for the entry of Decimal figures (currency). Is there any way I can have it so if a user does not put a decimal figure (ie 15 instead of 15.00) it will put it on.
I tried a masked textbox, but that means i have to set the maximum number of digits before the decimal too which is no good.
I have a value that shows a integer value between 0-100. For a little math, I need to be able to add a decimal in front of the value. So if the value was 50%, I need it really to be .50%.
I am trying to move some data from an Excell sheet to an AS/400 file.
I have my app working, in that, the data is getting to the correct table, but the problem I'm having is that one of the columns in the spreadsheet contains numbers ie; 1234.55
I need to get that to the AS/400 as 123455 in a text field.
Currently I am moving the data from one dataset to another as follows.
I think what I need to do is seperate the whole number from the decimal and then concatenate the values. ?Not sure how to.
Also, some of the values in the spreadsheet may end in a zero such as 1234.50 but only show the 1234.5 so even fnding the decimal and then taking the next two characters won't always be correct.
I was wondering how i can get as far as the second point in a Double. I have a double that will contain a number such as 12.98 but when i try to show it in a textbox it shows as 12.98000000000000000 I know this is because its double but im unsure about to to retrive only as far as the .98 and get rid of all the 00000000000000
How to add decimal point (with two decimal places) to string, without converting string to decimal? For example (Dim str1 as String), regardless str1 has value: 100 , 100.0 , 100.00, or 100.5 , 100.50..I'd like to get the output: 100.00 or 100.50, with two decimal places.
Basically in my in my aspx page I have a gridview which displays the value from my database as an image. So if a value in my database table is 5, it will be displayed as 5 images in the gridview. ie.(star.jpg star.jpg star.jpg star.jpg star.jpg)The code:
Protected Function getrating(ByVal rate As Integer) Dim getrating As String getrating = ""
For some time I try to get the comma instead of the decimal point, but the labels I use won't display a comma. For some reason I don't understand, the msgbox() does the trick, but is useless in my application. This is my last desperate piece of code I tried but it also failed.
Expresserprijs = EuropluscolNL(ArrayCol, 2) - EuropluscolNL(ArrayCol, 1) ' All above are "Doubles" and are fed with data like 21,45 (with comma's that is) Decimaalteken = Expresserprijs ' Decimaalteken is a string MsgBox(Decimaalteken) [Code] .....
I'm making a sciene program so I want to draw the graphic with decimal size and location. But the parameters are always integer, not decimal or double. Can I do that?What is big but light?
I am trying to think of a possible way to insert a colon and decimal point to a part of a number. I am making a Rubik's Cube timer, and I converted the times to milliseconds so I can calculate the average of 5 with that. I averaged the milliseconds, but now I need to convert that into minutes, seconds, and milliseconds. Does anyone have any idea on how I would go about this?
I have read about Round() and MidpointRounding.ToEven but I still could not figure how to use it to achieve what I want. I have numbers (usually from 5 digit decimal) such 125.36 , 125.10, 125.99. I want to make the 2 decimal point rounded to the nearest 20. Means, the 2 decimal point should be either .00 or .20 or 0.40 or .60 or 0.80 only. 125.36 should be 125.40 : 125.10 should be 125.00, 125.99 should be 126.00 125.54 should be 125.60 and so on Is there math function to make or I should parse the number as text and test the last 2 digit?
