2.9999999999999999 >> .5?

Question

I heard that you could right-shift a number by .5 instead of using Math.floor(). I decided to check its limits to make sure that it was a suitable replacement, so I checked the

Answer 1

I don't think your right shift is relevant. You are simply beyond the resolution of a double precision floating point constant.

In Chrome:

var x = 2.999999999999999777955395074968691915273666381835937499999;
var y = 2.9999999999999997779553950749686919152736663818359375;

document.write("x=" + x);
document.write(" y=" + y);

Prints out: x = 2.9999999999999996 y=3