Double Comparison
I am using things like this:
#define isZero(x) ((fabs(x) < 0.000000001)
just like that
The problem has nothing to do with precision (float vs double.)
The comparators work fine. The problem is with the equals. Is the equality important?
If you code Bid > trigger, is it OK for that to be true when Bid and Trigger are the same price? If you code Bid >= trigger, is it OK for it to be true when Bid is slightly below Trigger because of round off?
// 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 double t=1/10.0 + 1/10.0 + 1/10.0 + 1/10.0 + 1/10.0 + 1/10.0 + 1/10.0 + 1/10.0 + 1/10.0 + 1/10.0; Print(t,"=1.0?",t==0); // 0.9999999999999999=1.0?falseIf neither can be true, the equality is important, and you must understand The == operand. - MQL4 forum You can NOT use NormalizeDouble because that will not work on metals, (point != ticksize,) and NormalizeDouble uses Digits.
if( Bid - trigger > 0 ) // Bid > trigger or possibly Bid == trigger if( Bid > trigger ) // equivalent. if( Bid - trigger > ticksize/2 ) // Bid > trigger if( Bid - trigger > -ticksize/2 ) // Bid >= trigger
Always make your programmer's life easy. So pick up Carl's valuable tip and write defines in your classes where you need your double comparisons:
// add more floating point zeros if you need a higher precision #define isZero(x) (fabs(x) < 0.000000001) #define isEqual(x,y) (fabs(x-y) < 0.000000001)
When you need to compare two doubles then use it in a condition like this:
if (isEqual(myFirstDouble, mySecondDouble)) { // first and second doubles are considered equal // do something }
If you want to see if a double is zero (or very, very close to zero) use a condition like this:
if (isZero(myDouble)) { // myDouble is considered zero // do something }
Hello
How we can compare double value ,when double value is nearly equal to zero?
Please Help.