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bug #64960: jsonencode produces different results for single inputs than Matlab

Submitter:  Rik <rik5>
Submitted:  Sat 02 Dec 2023 12:34:04 AM UTC
   
 
Category:  Octave Function Severity:  3 - Normal
Priority:  5 - Normal Item Group:  Matlab Compatibility
Status:  Confirmed Assigned to:  None
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Tue 05 Dec 2023 05:26:52 AM UTC, comment #2: 

I think there may be easier ways to handle this within Octave, rather than have to hope for an extension of the RapidJSON API.

One way would be to convert the single to a string within Octave, and then write out just a string.  The code for saving ASCII files would probably work.

Another way would be to convert from single to double, and then truncate the double to 9 digits of precision.  There may be an option in the C++ library for this, or Octave has some display code that can do this.

 Rik <rik5>
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Sun 03 Dec 2023 12:38:30 PM UTC, comment #1: 

Fyi. Below test indicates that jsonencode in Matlab has native support for single-floats which RapidJSON does not. We would pretty much need to extend RapidJSON to include a Writer.Float function which limits the number of decimals it outputs for float values.


MATLAB behaviour:

>> jsonencode(single(1.2))

ans =
    '1.2'

>> jsonencode(double(single(1.2)))

ans =
    '1.2000000476837158'


Btw. Thanks for picking up #64949 - I really appreciate it :-)

 Anonymous
Sat 02 Dec 2023 12:34:04 AM UTC, original submission:  

In Matlab,


str = jsonencode (single (50.025))
=>
str = '50.025'


while in Octave


str = jsonencode (single (50.025))
=>
str = '50.025001525878909'


 Rik <rik5>
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