Category "ieee-754"

What's the maximum precision (after the decimal point) of a float in Javascript

An algorithm I'm using needs to squeeze as many levels of precision as possible from a float number in Javascript. I don't mind whether the precision comes from

Concept related to precision of float and double

Why the precision of the float is up to 6 digits after the decimal point and the precision of the double is up to 15 digits after the decimal point? Can anyone

Convert ieee754 half-precision bytes to double and vise versa in Flutter

I have a device that provides temperature data in ieee754 half-precision float format, i.e. [78, 100] = +25.5C. Now, Dart/Flutter doesn't support HP-Float conv

Significant digits with IEEE 754 float

The Wiki Double-precision floating-point format says: This gives 15–17 significant decimal digits precision. If a decimal string with at most 15 signific

Why are numbers with many significant digits handled differently in C# and JavaScript?

If JavaScript's Number and C#'s double are specified the same (IEEE 754), why are numbers with many significant digits handled differently? var x = (long)123412