LearningCPP/main.cpp

#include <algorithm>
#include <cmath>
#include <iostream>

// return true if the difference between a and b is within epsilon percent of the larger of a and b
bool approximatelyEqualRel(double a, double b, double relEpsilon)
{
	return (std::abs(a - b) <= (std::max(std::abs(a), std::abs(b)) * relEpsilon));
}

bool approximatelyEqualAbsRel(double a, double b, double absEpsilon, double relEpsilon)
{
    // Check if the numbers are really close -- needed when comparing numbers near zero.
    double diff{ std::abs(a - b) };
    if (diff <= absEpsilon)
        return true;

    // Otherwise fall back to Knuth's algorithm
    return (diff <= (std::max(std::abs(a), std::abs(b)) * relEpsilon));
}

int main()
{
    // a is really close to 1.0, but has rounding errors
    double a{ 0.1 + 0.1 + 0.1 + 0.1 + 0.1 + 0.1 + 0.1 + 0.1 + 0.1 + 0.1 };

    std::cout << approximatelyEqualRel(a, 1.0, 1e-8) << '\n';     // compare "almost 1.0" to 1.0
    std::cout << approximatelyEqualRel(a-1.0, 0.0, 1e-8) << '\n'; // compare "almost 0.0" to 0.0

    std::cout << approximatelyEqualAbsRel(a, 1.0, 1e-12, 1e-8) << '\n'; // compare "almost 1.0" to 1.0
    std::cout << approximatelyEqualAbsRel(a-1.0, 0.0, 1e-12, 1e-8) << '\n'; // compare "almost 0.0" to 0.0
}