How Accurate Are Calculations?
The accuracy when evaluating a result is referred to as the precision of an expression. The precision may be expressed either as number of bits (64 bits), or as the data type of the result (double precision, meaning 64-bit floating-point format).
The precision of an expression
In Java, the precision of evaluating an operator depends on the types of its operands. Java looks at the types of the operands around an operator and picks the biggest of what it sees: double, float, and long, in that order of preference. Both operands are then promoted to this type, and that is the type of the result. If there are no doubles, floats, or longs in the expression, both operands are promoted to int, and that is the type ...
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