Generalised floating point addition: Difference between revisions
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│ is optional. An exponent is also allowed which is preceded by a ^. │
│ The value of the exponent may have a leading sign (+ or -). │
│ Each numeral (digit) is stored as
│ as the signs and exponent indicator. There is essentially no limit on │
│ the number of digits in the mantissa or the exponent, but the value of │
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│ Method: a table of twenty-eight BCD numbers is built, and a test case │
│ of adding that BCD number 81 tinmes (essentially multiplying by 81), │
│ and then a number is added to that sum, and the
│ result in the final sum of 1e72 (for all cases). │
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│ is optional. An exponent is also allowed which is preceded by a ^. │
│ The value of the exponent may have a leading sign (+ or -). │
│ Each numeral (digit) is stored as
│ as the signs and exponent indicator. There is essentially no limit on │
│ the number of digits in the mantissa or the exponent, but the value of │
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│ Method: a table of twenty-eight BCD numbers is built, and a test case │
│ of adding that BCD number 81 tinmes (essentially multiplying by 81), │
│ and then a number is added to that sum, and the
│ result in the final sum of 1e72 (for all cases). │
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