Difference between long double and double in C and C++
Possible Duplicate: long double vs double I am unable to understand the difference between between long double and double in C and C++. Can anyone help?
Correct format specifier for double in printf
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decimal vs double!
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How do I print a double value with full precision using cout?
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?
Should I use double or float?
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What''s the difference between a single precision and double
The term double precision is something of a misnomer because the precision is not really double. The word double derives from the fact that a double-precision number uses twice as many bits
What is the difference between float and double?
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