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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"Weird behaviour of DataSeries\u003e\u003e#closeTo:","articleBody":"```\r\nds:= DataSeries withKeys: #(1 2 3 4) values:#(1 10 2 3)  name:2 .\r\nds1:= DataSeries withKeys: #(1 2 3 4) values:#(1.0001 10 2 3)  name:2 .\r\nds closeTo: ds1.\r\n```\r\nReturns true\r\n\r\n```\r\nds:= DataSeries withKeys: #(1 2 3 4) values:#(5 10 2 3)  name:2 .\r\nds1:= DataSeries withKeys: #(1 2 3 4) values:#(5.0001 10 2 3)  name:2 .\r\nds closeTo: ds1.\r\n```\r\nAlso returns true.\r\nHowever,\r\n```\r\nds:= DataSeries withKeys: #(1 2 3 4) values:#(2 10 2 3)  name:2 .\r\nds1:= DataSeries withKeys: #(1 2 3 4) values:#(2.0001 10 2 3)  name:2 .\r\nds closeTo: ds1.\r\n```\r\nReturns false.\r\n\r\n\r\nWith certain numbers, it allows the default precision of 0.0001 ( 1, 4.....31, 256.......2047, 8192.....16383 )\r\nAnd with the other numbers, it returns false. \r\n\r\nThis code can be used to see at which numbers it returns true ( set the range accordingly, the current range is 1 to 100):\r\n\r\n```\r\nds:= DataSeries withKeys: #(1 2 3 4) values:#(1 10 2 3)  name:2 .\r\nds1:= DataSeries withKeys: #(1 2 3 4) values:#(1 10 2 3)  name:2 .\r\n1 to: 100 do: [ :x |\r\n\tds at: 1 put: x.\r\n\tds1 at: 1 put: x + 0.0001.\r\n\t(ds closeTo: ds1) = true ifTrue: [ Transcript crShow: x ] ].\r\n```","author":{"url":"https://github.com/Joshua-Dias-Barreto","@type":"Person","name":"Joshua-Dias-Barreto"},"datePublished":"2023-03-30T15:24:19.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":3},"url":"https://github.com/208/DataFrame/issues/208"}