The Compare Floating Point operator compares floating point numbers using "visual" precision, i.e., numbers that display as the same string are considered equal. This is one way of dealing with floating point rounding issues that can cause apparently correct results to be marked as incorrect.

system information

match value	major version
3	abandon story test
6	abandon story test
7	abandon story test

when input is

'sample do' check 'divide float' 1 '' 3 0.3333333 check 'divide double' 1 '' 3 0.333333333333333 configure processor 'add operator' CompareFloatingPoint 'sample do' check 'divide float' 1 '' 3 0.3333333 check 'divide double' 1 '' 3 0.333333333333333

then output is

sample do check divide float 1 3 0.3333333 expected 0.3333333 actual check divide double 1 3 0.333333333333333 expected 0.333333333333333 actual configure processor add operator CompareFloatingPoint sample do check divide float 1 3 0.3333333 check divide double 1 3 0.333333333333333