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rule110 YaBB Newbies Offline Posts: 3	Number of decimal places May 24th, 2008, 11:18pm   How many decimal places can processing handle in a single float or double? Is there a way to increase the depth?

JohnG Ex Member	Re: Number of decimal places Reply #1 - May 24th, 2008, 11:22pm   floats and doubles don't have a fixed number of decimal places they can represent, they just have a set limited accuracy. See http://www.particle.kth.se/~lindsey/JavaCourse/Book/Part1/Tech/Chapter02/floatingPt.html for some details.