C Programming - Floating Point Issues - Discussion
Discussion Forum : Floating Point Issues - General Questions (Q.No. 2)
2.
What will you do to treat the constant 3.14 as a long double?
Answer: Option
Explanation:
Given 3.14 is a double constant.
To specify 3.14 as long double, we have to add L to the 3.14. (i.e 3.14L)
Discussion:
15 comments Page 1 of 2.
Riya said:
1 decade ago
Can anyone explain this in detail that how it works if anyone understand?
Ashish said:
1 decade ago
For the long double Lf is used as suffix then how L is used?
Aparna said:
1 decade ago
@Ashish
No its totaly wrong.
For long double 'L' is used as suffix.
No its totaly wrong.
For long double 'L' is used as suffix.
Mohanraj said:
1 decade ago
Please explain how 3.14 is treat as double?
Chaitanya said:
1 decade ago
long double: %LF or %Lf
double :%lf
float:%f or %e or %g
int :%i or %d
long int:%ld or %li
unsigned long:%lu
unsigned int:%u
double :%lf
float:%f or %e or %g
int :%i or %d
long int:%ld or %li
unsigned long:%lu
unsigned int:%u
Subhalaxmi said:
1 decade ago
What is the use of LD & DL?
Pavan said:
1 decade ago
What exactly difference between double & long double & int?
Harshareddy said:
1 decade ago
The double is used for floating 44.45, int for integers like 2,567etc , long double for large floating values like 6.98765342 .
Rajesh said:
1 decade ago
For the long double LF is used in c.
Sri ram said:
1 decade ago
Double is also like floating point but having size of 4 bytes,double has 8 bytes,long double has 10 bytes and integer has 2 bytes.So long double can store larger floating points also.Here 3.14 is a long double.
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