Re: Negative zeros?

[David Bateman]

Vic Norton a écrit :

> Look at the following code
>    octave> CS = [ 0 0 0 ]
>    CS =
>
>      0  0  0
>
>    octave> CS *= -1
>    CS =
>
>      -0  -0  -0
>
> I find this a real annoyance. To paraphrase Gertrude Stein:
>    A zero is a zero is a zero.
> Is there some easy way to stop Octave from outputting negative zeros?
>
> Regards,
>
> Vic
Vic,

Maybe you should do a google search for the article "Much ado about 
zeros sign bit" and read about the importance of having two 
representations of zero.

Regards
David



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