Compares two numbers for equality within a confidence range.

Note This @function is new with Release 6.

Syntax

@FloatEq( number ; number ; confidenceRange )

Parameters

number

Number. Any numeric value.

Number. Optional. The amount within which the numbers must be equal. Defaults to 0.0001.

flag

Boolean.
• Returns 1 (True) if the difference of the numbers is less than the confidence range.
• Returns 0 (False) if the difference of the numbers exceeds or is equal to the confidence range.

@FloatEq is helpful in dealing with the inexactness of floating point operations.

Example
See Also

Performing arithmetic operations

Glossary