title: Difference between long double and double in C and C++
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  <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br />
  <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3454576/long-double-vs-double">long double vs double</a></p>
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  <p>I am new to programming and I am unable to understand the difference between between long double and double in C and C++. I tried to Google it but was unable to understand it and got confused. Can anyone please help.?</p>