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True 3.14 ≅ 3.14</pre>
 
'''Bold text'''=={{header|Phix}}==
Traditionally I have always just used sprintf() to compare floating point atoms in phix.<br>
This task (imo) is trying to make a general-purpose routine out of code which is best tailored for each and every specific task.<br>
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3.1415926535897931 and
3.1415926535897931 are approximately equal
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=={{header|Processing}}==
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double epsilon = 1e-18D;
 
void setup() {
testIsClose(100000000000000.01D, 100000000000000.011D, epsilon);
testIsClose(100.01D, 100.011D, epsilon);
testIsClose(10000000000000.001D / 10000.0D, 1000000000.0000001000D, epsilon);
testIsClose(0.001D, 0.0010000001D, epsilon);
testIsClose(0.000000000000000000000101D, 0.0D, epsilon);
testIsClose(Math.sqrt(2) * Math.sqrt(2), 2.0D, epsilon);
testIsClose(-Math.sqrt(2) * Math.sqrt(2), -2.0D, epsilon);
testIsClose(3.14159265358979323846D, 3.14159265358979324D, epsilon);
exit(); // all done
}
 
 
boolean isClose(double num1, double num2, double epsilon) {
return Math.abs(num2 - num1) <= epsilon;
}
 
 
void testIsClose(double num1, double num2, double epsilon) {
boolean result = isClose(num1, num2, epsilon);
if (result) {
println("True. ", num1, "is close to", num2);
} else {
println("False. ", num1, "is not close to", num2);
}
}
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Results
True. 1.0000000000000002E14 is close to 1.0000000000000002E14
False. 100.01 is not close to 100.011
False. 1.0000000000000002E9 is not close to 1.0000000000000001E9
False. 0.001 is not close to 0.0010000001
True. 1.01E-22 is close to 0.0
False. 2.0000000000000004 is not close to 2.0
False. -2.0000000000000004 is not close to -2.0
True. 3.141592653589793 is close to 3.141592653589793
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