Difference between revisions of "Math.huge"
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The value HUGE_VAL, a value larger than or equal to any other numerical value. | The value HUGE_VAL, a value larger than or equal to any other numerical value. | ||
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| + | Numbers in Lua are doubles and doubles under Windows are a 64-bit floating point type: 1 bit for sign, 11 bits for the exponent, and 52 bits for the mantissa. Its range is +/–1.7E308 with at least 15 digits of precision. | ||
[[Math.abs]] | [[Math.abs]] | ||
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[[Math.pi]] | [[Math.pi]] | ||
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| + | [http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/e02ya398%28v=VS.100%29.aspx Windows API - type double] | ||
Latest revision as of 15:20, 9 October 2010
math.huge
The value HUGE_VAL, a value larger than or equal to any other numerical value.
Numbers in Lua are doubles and doubles under Windows are a 64-bit floating point type: 1 bit for sign, 11 bits for the exponent, and 52 bits for the mantissa. Its range is +/–1.7E308 with at least 15 digits of precision.
