Go Standard Library Cookbook

How to do it...

1. Open the console and create the folder chapter03/recipe02.
2. Navigate to the directory.
3. Create the tolerance.go file with the following content:

        package main        import (          "fmt"          "math"        )        const da = 0.29999999999999998889776975374843459576368331909180        const db = 0.3         func main() {          daStr := fmt.Sprintf("%.10f", da)          dbStr := fmt.Sprintf("%.10f", db)           fmt.Printf("Strings %s = %s equals: %v \n", daStr,                     dbStr, dbStr == daStr)          fmt.Printf("Number equals: %v \n", db == da)          // As the precision of float representation          // is limited. For the float comparison it is          // better to use comparison with some tolerance.          fmt.Printf("Number equals with TOLERANCE: %v \n",                      equals(da, db))        }        const TOLERANCE = 1e-8 // Equals compares the floating-point ...