[Python-ideas] Way to check for floating point "closeness"?

[Chris Barker - NOAA Federal]

> On Jan 15, 2015, at 4:22 PM, Ron Adam <ron3200 at gmail.com> wrote
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> Actually the problem is with numbers of different signs.  The idea of normalising them in some way only works partially, and it doesn't fit mathematically.
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> It seems to me if the signs are different, then relatively speaking, they are always far apart.

Just like any number is relatively far from zero.

-Chris

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