x = 0x.4p-1
0.125
What is the maths behind it, because I know 0.4 * 2^-1 = 0.2
I’m confused as to why that returns 0.125 in Julia, please enlighten me if I’m missing something
x = 0x.4p-1
0.125
What is the maths behind it, because I know 0.4 * 2^-1 = 0.2
I’m confused as to why that returns 0.125 in Julia, please enlighten me if I’m missing something
Because it is hexadecimal, the part behind the dot is also hexadecimal. So 0.4 is not \frac{4}{10}, it is \frac{4}{16} = 0.25. So giving it an exponent of p-1 (in this case p is base 2) is dividing by 2, yielding 0.125.
Oh I see. Thank you so much
just a readability hint: use a leading 0 before the decimal point 0x0.4p-1
Oh thank you