I am writing a method which calculates the equation of a 2D Line in the form a*x+b*y=1
//Given two points, find the equation of the line by solving two linear equations and then test the result. (For simplicity, assume that delta !=0 here)
private boolean solveAndRetry(float x1,float y1, float x2,float y2) {
float delta = x1 * y2 - x2 * y1;
float deltaA = y2 - y1;
float deltaB = x1 - x2;
float a = deltaA / delta;
float b = deltaB / delta;
float c = 1;
//test
if (a * x2 + b * y2 == c) {
System.out.println("ok");
return true;
}
else {
System.out.println(a * x2 + b * y2-c);
return false;
}
}
When I ran it, I was expecting there would be all "ok"s, but that's not the case and I don't know why
public static void main(String[] args) {
for (float x = 0; x < 10; x += 0.01f) {
solveAndRetry(1, -1, x, 2);
}
}
Here are some lines in the result
ok
ok
ok
ok
ok
ok
ok
ok
-5.9604645E-8
ok
-5.9604645E-8
ok
ok
ok
1.1920929E-7
ok
ok
-5.9604645E-8
ok
A float
has an accuracy of 6 to 7 decimal digits. Since rounding errors cannot be avoided, your results are as good as it can get.
Normally, you would never compare floating point numbers for equality. Instead of x == y
always use a comparison with an interval:
Math.abs(x - y) < eps
for a suitably chosen eps.
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