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title: "explain about strictfp keyword in Java ?"  
description: "explain about strictfp keyword in Java ?"  
author: "Anonymous User"  
published: 2015-07-09  
updated: 2020-09-18  
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# explain about strictfp keyword in Java ?

If we want floating point values to be consistent across platforms, then we need to use "strictfp" as per IEEE 754 standard. When a program runs on multiple platforms, precision of floating point differ which in turn given different results. strictfp helps to enforce the precision across all platforms. For example:

```
Class Level - public strictfp class StrictFpModifierExample{}Method Level - public strictfp void example() {}
```

## Answers

### Answer by Anonymous User

If we want floating point values to be consistent across platforms, then we need to use "strictfp" as per IEEE 754 standard. When a program runs on multiple platforms, precision of floating point differ which in turn given different results. strictfp helps to enforce the precision across all platforms. For example:

```
Class Level - public strictfp class StrictFpModifierExample{}Method Level - public strictfp void example() {}
```


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