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Comparing Two Floating-Point Numbers

Understand the challenges of comparing floating-point numbers in Java unit tests due to approximation errors. Learn to apply tolerance and use the IsCloseTo matcher to write readable, reliable assertions that pass as expected.

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Computers can’t represent every floating-point number. In Java, some of the numbers of the floating-point type numbers (float and double) must be approximated.

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The implication for unit testing is that comparing two ...