{"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? Just came across the most weirdest thing ever in Java – 0f > Float.MIN_VALUE returns […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[12],"tags":[523,524,525,463,527,526],"class_list":["post-1616","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-misc","tag-float","tag-int","tag-integer","tag-java","tag-max_value","tag-min_value"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t