Consider the following code snippet.What is the potential problem with the if statement?
A)Using == to test the double variable average for equality is error-prone.
B)The conditional will not evaluate to a Boolean value.
C)The assignment operator should not be used within an if-statement conditional.
D)Literals should never be used in if statement conditionals.

Question

Consider the following code snippet.What is the potential problem with the if statement?  
A)Using == to test the double variable average for equality is error-prone. 
B)The conditional will not evaluate to a Boolean value. 
C)The assignment operator should not be used within an if-statement conditional. 
D)Literals should never be used in if statement conditionals.

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

When comparing two double values, using the == operator may not always be accurate due to the way floating-point arithmetic works. It is better to compare the difference between the two values to a very small epsilon value.

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