title: C++ float storage
body: <blockquote>
    <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
    <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/590822/dealing-with-accuracy-problems-in-floating-point-numbers">Dealing with accuracy problems in floating-point numbers</a>  </p>
  </blockquote>
  
  
  
  <p>Code:</p>
  
  <pre><code>float flt = 78983636;  // stores 78983632. as seen in debugger
  flt = 79282056;        // stores 79282056.
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Why is it not able to accurately store 1st value, but able to for the 2nd value which is larger?</p>