# Float Precision

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**Category:** Beginners\
**Created:** [September 6, 2019, 3:56am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/float-precision/13836 "2019-09-06T03:56:14Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 6, 2019, 9:10am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/float-precision/13836/11 "2019-09-06T09:10:07Z")

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> [@Is it possible higher precision than double?](https://discourse.processing.org/t/is-it-possible-higher-precision-than-double/13764/4):
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> Make sure to use constants & methods from Math class only and all non-integer numerical literals are suffixed w/ d: warning[Docs.Oracle.com/en/java/javase/11/docs/api/java.base/java/lang/Math.html](http://Docs.Oracle.com/en/java/javase/11/docs/api/java.base/java/lang/Math.html) TAU → 2 \* Math.PI cos(PI) → Math.cos(Math.PI) -5.4 → -5.4d 1e3 → 1e3d

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