From:	"A. Sinan Unur" <Sinan DOT Unur AT cornell DOT edu>
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Subject:	Re: Testing for float or int
Date:	Thu, 30 Apr 1998 09:19:09 -0400
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Oon Lin wrote:

> I'd like to test is if the input was convertable to an int without 
> loss of precision. For example , if the input given was 6.0000 , then
> converting it to an int would give 6. But if the input was 6.1234 , 
> then conversion should not take place.

take a look at 

http://www.people.cornell.edu/pages/asu1/samples/index.html#Numbers

to see if that helps.
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A. Sinan Unur
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