I am recently facing a problem with a challenge code.....And can't also find out the logic of being that kind of output...
Here is the code:
https://code.sololearn.com/cYlZxVhMK2o6/?ref=app
Here please explain why the output is Bike instead of cello and kindly tell me the reason behind it
This is explained by the rounding error that occurs for number representation and the precision used. Numbers are stored in memory as a close approximate to the real number it represents. This is due to the nature of the computer being composed of binary values 0 and 1. The difference is very small. 5.0 could actually be 5.000000000001 or something like that. However, if you do repeated calculations with floating point numbers (float data type), you will be able to see a significant difference. 5 on the other hand is a truncated version of the representation for the number 5. So to conclude, 5.0 - 5 != 0 in computer logic. It results in a very very small float number. Hence, v is float and func(float a) is called.
Try using greater precision to store and print a number. (e.g. 0.1). Run the following code snippet you'll see:
#include <iomanip> // required library to use setprecision()
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
int main() {
double d = 0.1;
cout << d << endl; // use default cout precision of 6
cout << setprecision(20); //set precision (size of mantissa) to 17
cout << d << endl;
return 0;
}
Reference: https://www.learncpp.com/cpp-tutorial/floating-point-numbers/
AteFish
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Actually the auto keyword is deducing the ans of expression in float data type that's why it is printing Bike
U can do some googling related to auto keyword then u will understand more better🙂
There's a concept called operator overloading that takes place when you subtract an int from a float and vice versa. So what happens is the Cpp runtime coerses the int into a float and the resultant of the operation is a float. That's why the function that has a float parameter was called.
AteFish
Do you want it to be like this:
5.3-5 = 0
Or
5.3-5 = 0.3
Which one would you prefer?
Of course the second case
So why should 5.0 be treated differently?
