Question

I have trouble comparing 2 double in Excel VBA

suppose that I have the following code

Dim a as double Dim b as double a = 0.15 b = 0.01 

After a few manipulations on b, b is now equal to 0.6

however the imprecision related to the double data type gives me headache because

if a = b then  //this will never trigger end if 

Do you know how I can remove the trailing imprecision on the double type?

Answer 1

You can’t compare floating point values for equality. See this article on ‘Comparing floating point numbers‘ for a discussion of how to handle the intrinsic error.

It isn’t as simple as comparing to a constant error margin unless you know for sure what the absolute range of the floats is beforehand.