source: trunk/HeuristicLab.Common/3.3/DoubleExtensions.cs @ 17915

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#endregion

using System;
namespace HeuristicLab.Common {
  public static class DoubleExtensions {
    /// <summary>
    /// Compares the similarity of value x and value y with a precision of 1.0E-12.
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="x">First double value to be checked</param>
    /// <param name="y">Second double value to compare with</param>
    /// <returns>true if the difference is <= 1.0E-12</returns>
    public static bool IsAlmost(this double x, double y) {
      var epsilon = 1.0E-12;
      return IsAlmost(x, y, epsilon);
    }

    /// <summary> 
    /// Compares the similarity of value x and value y with a given precision (epsilon).
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="x">First double value to be checked</param>
    /// <param name="y">Second double value to compare with</param>
    /// <param name="epsilon">Error term to specify the precision</param>
    /// <returns>true if the difference is <= epsilon</returns>
    public static bool IsAlmost(this double x, double y, double epsilon) {
      if (double.IsInfinity(x)) {
        if (x > 0) return double.IsPositiveInfinity(y);
        else return double.IsNegativeInfinity(y);
      } else {
        return Math.Abs(x - y) < epsilon;
      }
    }
  }
}