Is there a fixed-point library for actionscript 3 ?

Question

Hello,

I would like to code a calculator in Flex but can't find any fixed-point libraries on the web.

For the calculator, I need more precision then IEEE 754 can guarantee. For example:

trace(1.4 - .4); //should be 1 but it is 0.9999999999999999

Can someone suggest a good fixed-point library please ?

Thank you in advance

Answer 1

I am not aware of any but in the meantime you can use this snippet of code (not mine):

    public static function correctFloatingPointError(number:Number, precision:int = 5):Number
    {
        //default returns (10000 * number) / 10000
        //should correct very small floating point errors

        var correction:Number = Math.pow(10, precision);
        return Math.round(correction * number) / correction;
    }

Answer 2

It works but it is not perfect, all credits go to Josh from http://joshblog.net/2007/01/30/flash-floating-point-number-errors/

/**
 * Corrects errors caused by floating point math.
 */
public function correctFloatingPointError(number:Number, precision:int = 5):Number
{
    //default returns (10000 * number) / 10000
    //should correct very small floating point errors
    var correction:Number = Math.pow(10, precision);
    return Math.round(correction * number) / correction;
}
/**
 * Tests if two numbers are <em>almost</em> equal.
 */
public function fuzzyEquals(number1:Number, number2:Number, precision:int = 5):Boolean
{
    var difference:Number = number1 - number2;
    var range:Number = Math.pow(10, -precision);
    //default check:
    //0.00001 <difference> -0.00001
    return difference <range && difference> -range;
}
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Thank you again :)