double d = ((double) num) / denom; But is there another way to get the correct double result? I don't like casting primitives, who knows what may happen.

Jun 29, 2009 · Double is a good combination of precision and simplicty for a lot of calculations. You can create a very high precision number with decimal -- up to 136-bit -- but you also have to be careful …

Double-clicking it in Explorer produces the same result. "File type association" (without further specification) means the default ("open") shell command. "Calling the file directly" as in the 1st …

Is it possible to generate a random number between 2 doubles? Example: public double GetRandomeNumber(double minimum, double maximum) { return Random.NextDouble(minimum, …

Mar 6, 2009 · What is the difference between decimal, float and double in .NET? When would someone use one of these?

Format %lf in printf was not supported in old (pre-C99) versions of C language, which created superficial "inconsistency" between format specifiers for double in printf and scanf.

2 printf and scanf function in C/C++ uses Microsoft C library and this library has no support for 10 byte long double. So when you are using printf and scanf function in your C/C++ code to print a long …

Jul 20, 2009 · Is there a standard and/or portable way to represent the smallest negative value (e.g. to use negative infinity) in a C(++) program? DBL_MIN in float.h is the smallest positive number.

In my earlier question I was printing a double using cout that got rounded when I wasn't expecting it. How can I make cout print a double using full precision?

The double "not" in this case is quite simple. It is simply two not s back to back. The first one simply "inverts" the truthy or falsy value, resulting in an actual Boolean type, and then the second one …