Re: Rounding off double precision

On Mar 29, 11:43 am, Bamm <bamms...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I'm trying some calculations in double precision, and I'd like the
output rounded off so that errors in calculation are not shown. For
instance, the result of COS(90 * 3.141592653589793238d0 / 180.) is
-4.37113886E-06. I'd like it to be zero. Thanks for any help.

For that matter, I also wonder why the result of Cosine is real and
not double precision. Thanks for any clarification.
.

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