public class FloatTest { public static void main(String[] args) { float f = 100.0f; float MAX = 0.001f; float MIN = -MAX; System.out.print(String.valueOf(f)); if ((f < MAX) && (f > MIN)) { System.out.println(" is pretty darn close to 0."); } else { System.out.println(" is not close to 0."); } } }