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Golang float64 equality esitimation
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float.go
var EPSILON float64 = 0.00000001
func floatEquals(a, b float64) bool {
if ((a - b) < EPSILON && (b - a) < EPSILON) {
return true
}
return false
}
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matbur commented Mar 9, 2018

Why not

var EPSILON float64 = 0.00000001
func floatEquals(a, b float64) bool {
	return (a - b) < EPSILON && (b - a) < EPSILON
}

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var EPSILON float64 = 0.00000001
func floatEquals(a, b float64) bool {
        return math.Abs(a - b) < EPSILON
}

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