{"id":1616,"date":"2015-04-23T19:41:13","date_gmt":"2015-04-23T14:11:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/judepereira.com\/blog\/?p=1616"},"modified":"2015-04-23T20:06:16","modified_gmt":"2015-04-23T14:36:16","slug":"0f-float-min_value-false","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/judepereira.com\/blog\/0f-float-min_value-false\/","title":{"rendered":"0f > Float.MIN_VALUE = false!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Updates:<\/strong>
\nTurns out that this is the expected behaviour from the java doc:
\nA constant holding the smallest positive nonzero value of type float, 2-149<\/sup>.<\/i><\/p>\n

So now, how do I get the smallest negative value<\/strong> that a float can hold?<\/p>\n

\n

Just came across the most weirdest thing ever in Java – 0f > Float.MIN_VALUE<\/em> returns false<\/strong>!<\/p>\n

Similarly, anything less than 0, (say -10 for example) is surprisingly not greater than Float.MIN_VALUE.<\/p>\n

However, 0 > Integer.MIN_VALUE<\/em> returns true!<\/p>\n

Want to try it out?<\/p>\n

[code lang=’java’]
\npublic class E {
\n public static void main(String[] args) {
\n System.out.println(“1f > Float.MIN_VALUE: ” + (1f > Float.MIN_VALUE));
\n System.out.println(“0f > Float.MIN_VALUE: ” + (0f > Float.MIN_VALUE));
\n System.out.println(“-1f > Float.MIN_VALUE: ” + (-1f > Float.MIN_VALUE));
\n System.out.println(“0f < Float.MIN_VALUE: \" + (0f < Float.MIN_VALUE));\n System.out.println(\"0f == Float.MIN_VALUE: \" + (0f == Float.MIN_VALUE));\n }\n}\n[\/code]\n\nResult:\n\n\n

\r\n1f > Float.MIN_VALUE: true\r\n0f > Float.MIN_VALUE: false\r\n-1f > Float.MIN_VALUE: false\r\n0f < Float.MIN_VALUE: true\r\n0f == Float.MIN_VALUE: false\r\n<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Updates: Turns out that this is the expected behaviour from the java doc: A constant holding the smallest positive nonzero value of type float, 2-149. So now, how do I get the smallest negative value that a float can hold? 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