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28th Aug 2017, 7:21 AM
mahima chouhan
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To store floating-point values at double precision.
28th Aug 2017, 7:28 AM
Hatsy Rei
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Knowing the difference between single and double precision is so important when it comes to comparing these two fundamental types. In general, a double has 15 decimal digits of precision, while float has 7. See:[https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2386772/difference-between-float-and-double]
28th Aug 2017, 9:33 AM
Babak
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