Official Javadoc says that Math.floor() returns a double that is ‘equal to a mathematical integer’, but then why shouldn’t it return an int?
Official Javadoc says that Math.floor() returns a double that is equal to a mathematical
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Official Javadoc says that Math.floor() returns a double that is ‘equal to a mathematical integer’, but then why shouldn’t it return an int?
According to the same Javadoc:
If the argument is
NaNor an infinity or positive zero or negative zero, then the result is the same as the argument. Can’t do that with anint.The largest
doublevalue is also larger than the largestint, so it would have to be along.