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| <dt><span class="section"><a href="next_float/nextafter.html">Finding the Next Representable |
| Value in a Specific Direction (nextafter)</a></span></dt> |
| <dt><span class="section"><a href="next_float/float_next.html">Finding the Next |
| Greater Representable Value (float_next)</a></span></dt> |
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| Smaller Representable Value (float_prior)</a></span></dt> |
| <dt><span class="section"><a href="next_float/float_distance.html">Calculating the |
| Representation Distance Between Two Floating Point Values (ULP) float_distance</a></span></dt> |
| <dt><span class="section"><a href="next_float/float_advance.html">Advancing a Floating |
| Point Value by a Specific Representation Distance (ULP) float_advance</a></span></dt> |
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| <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unit_in_the_last_place" target="_top">Unit of Least |
| Precision or Unit in the Last Place</a> is the gap between two different, |
| but as close as possible, floating-point numbers. |
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| Most decimal values, for example 0.1, cannot be exactly represented as floating-point |
| values, but will be stored as the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floating_point#Representable_numbers.2C_conversion_and_rounding" target="_top">closest |
| representable floating-point</a>. |
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| Functions are provided for finding adjacent greater and lesser floating-point |
| values, and estimating the number of gaps between any two floating-point values. |
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| The floating-point type FPT must have has a fixed number of bits in the representation. |
| The number of bits may set at runtime, but must be the same for all numbers. |
| For example, <a href="http://shoup.net/ntl/doc/quad_float.txt" target="_top">NTL::quad_float</a> |
| type (fixed 128-bit representation) or <a href="http://shoup.net/ntl/doc/RR.txt" target="_top">NTL::RR</a> |
| type (arbitrary but fixed decimal digits, default 150) but <span class="bold"><strong>not</strong></span> |
| a type that extends the representation to provide an exact representation for |
| any number, for example <a href="http://keithbriggs.info/xrc.html" target="_top">XRC eXact |
| Real in C</a>. |
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