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Epsilon Field

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Represents the smallest positive Double value that is greater than zero. This field is constant.

Namespace:  System
Assembly:  mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Const Epsilon As Double
public const double Epsilon
public:
literal double Epsilon
static val mutable Epsilon: float
public const var Epsilon : double

Remarks

The value of the Epsilon property reflects the smallest positive Double value that is significant in numeric operations or comparisons when the value of the Double instance is zero.

However, the Epsilon property is not a general measure of precision of the Double type; it applies only to Double instances that have a value of zero.

The value of this constant is 4.94065645841247e-324.

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See Also

Reference

Double Structure

System Namespace