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Floating-point literal exceeds the available precision

Reports floating-point literals that cannot be represented with the required precision using IEEE 754 Float and Double types.

For example, 1.9999999999999999999 has too many significant digits, so its representation as a Double will be rounded to 2.0. Specifying excess digits may be misleading as it hides the fact that computations use rounded values instead.

The quick-fix replaces the literal with a rounded value that matches the actual representation of the constant.

Example:

val x: Float = 3.14159265359f

After the quick-fix is applied:

val x: Float = 3.1415927f

Locating this inspection

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Can be used to locate inspection in e.g. Qodana configuration files, where you can quickly enable or disable it, or adjust its settings.

FloatingPointLiteralPrecision
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Path to the inspection settings via IntelliJ Platform IDE Settings dialog, when you need to adjust inspection settings directly from your IDE.

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Inspection Details

By default bundled with:

IntelliJ IDEA 2024.2, Qodana for JVM 2024.2,

Can be installed with plugin:

Kotlin, 242.22892-IJ

Last modified: 11 September 2024