Cube Root of Epsilon

Examples

var abs = require( '@stdlib/math/base/special/abs' );
var max = require( '@stdlib/math/base/special/max' );
var randu = require( '@stdlib/random/base/randu' );
var FLOAT64_CBRT_EPSILON = require( '@stdlib/constants/float64/cbrt-eps' );

var bool;
var a;
var b;
var i;

function isApprox( a, b ) {
    var delta;
    var tol;

    delta = abs( a - b );
    tol = FLOAT64_CBRT_EPSILON * max( abs( a ), abs( b ) );

    return ( delta <= tol );
}

for ( i = 0; i < 100; i++ ) {
    a = randu() * 10.0;
    b = a + (randu()*5.0e-7) - 2.5e-7;
    bool = isApprox( a, b );
    console.log( '%d %s approximately equal to %d. Delta: %d.', a, ( bool ) ? 'is' : 'is not', b, abs( a - b ) );
}