I just ran into a error that took me forever to figure out and potentially can give you a good example of float precision.
#include <iostream>
#include <iomanip>
int main(){
for(float t=0;t<1;t+=0.01){
std::cout << std::fixed << std::setprecision(6) << t << std::endl;
}
}
The output is
0.000000
0.010000
0.020000
0.030000
0.040000
0.050000
0.060000
0.070000
0.080000
0.090000
0.100000
0.110000
0.120000
0.130000
0.140000
0.150000
0.160000
0.170000
0.180000
0.190000
0.200000
0.210000
0.220000
0.230000
0.240000
0.250000
0.260000
0.270000
0.280000
0.290000
0.300000
0.310000
0.320000
0.330000
0.340000
0.350000
0.360000
0.370000
0.380000
0.390000
0.400000
0.410000
0.420000
0.430000
0.440000
0.450000
0.460000
0.470000
0.480000
0.490000
0.500000
0.510000
0.520000
0.530000
0.540000
0.550000
0.560000
0.570000
0.580000
0.590000
0.600000
0.610000
0.620000
0.630000
0.640000
0.650000
0.660000
0.670000
0.680000
0.690000
0.700000
0.710000
0.720000
0.730000
0.740000
0.750000
0.760000
0.770000
0.780000
0.790000
0.800000
0.810000
0.820000
0.830000
0.839999
0.849999
0.859999
0.869999
0.879999
0.889999
0.899999
0.909999
0.919999
0.929999
0.939999
0.949999
0.959999
0.969999
0.979999
0.989999
0.999999
As you can see after 0.83, the precision runs down significantly.
However, if I set up t
as double, such an issue won't happen.
It took me five hours to realize this minor error, which ruined my program.