LabVIEW
conversion table string to double
Solved!
@JÞB wrote:
"Real numbers" is a mathematical concept. Floating point representation is a computational standard. A huge difference! computers don't work with Real numbers. (Well not this one- there are analog computors but they don't work with any OS LabVIEW supports)
Good point. Floats are limited in their precision, even with 15 numbers of significance, how big the difference is is dependant on the situation. 😉 There are some systems that already use the Real terminology, some programming languages and databases e.g. You can fairly say a Float is a good approximation of Real, albeit less so when using 16 bit floats ... The original point, though, was the naming of the conversion tools and possibly adaption to "less LV-savvy" people, and in that case Real would be close enough. I feel either one is better than fract/exp though. 🙂
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