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NAME
near - compare nearness of two numbers with a standard
SYNOPSIS
near(x, y [,eps])
TYPES
x real
y real
eps real, defaults to epsilon()
return -1, 0 or 1
DESCRIPTION
Returns:
-1 if abs(x - y) < abs(eps)
0 if abs(x - y) = abs(eps)
1 if abs(x - y) > abs(eps)
EXAMPLE
; print near(22/7, 3.15, .01), near(22/7, 3.15, .005)
-1 1
LIMITS
eps >= 0
LINK LIBRARY
FLAG qnear(NUMBER *x, NUMBER *y, NUMBER *eps)
SEE ALSO
epsilon, abs
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