Re: strange problem

[Christoph Dalitz]

On Thu, 27 Nov 2003 23:03:26 +0000
Geraint Paul Bevan <address@hidden> wrote:
> |
> |    -2.0817e-17    1.0000e+02
> |    -1.0000e-02    1.0000e+00
> |
> 
> The number -2.0817e-17 is -0.000000000000000020817, which is very, very
> close to zero.
>
Is there an Octave function that truncates/rounds such small numbers to
zero (like the Scilab function "clean")?

I have tried "help round" and "help trunc", but found nothing appropriate.

Thanks,

Christoph



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