function approxEquals(value, other, epsilon) return math.abs(value - other) < epsilon end function test(a, b) local epsilon = 1e-18 print(string.format("%f, %f => %s", a, b, tostring(approxEquals(a, b, epsilon)))) end function main() test(100000000000000.01, 100000000000000.011); test(100.01, 100.011) test(10000000000000.001 / 10000.0, 1000000000.0000001000) test(0.001, 0.0010000001) test(0.000000000000000000000101, 0.0) test(math.sqrt(2.0) * math.sqrt(2.0), 2.0) test(-math.sqrt(2.0) * math.sqrt(2.0), -2.0) test(3.14159265358979323846, 3.14159265358979324) end main()