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What method exists on multiplatform to check if two floats are "pretty much equivalent"? e.g. `0.34657359027997264` and `3465735902799727` should be practically equivalent.
I know in kotlin.test we have checkFloatsAreEqual, but without including kotlin.test it seems impossible to figure out

`val prettyMuchEquivalent = second &lt; first+delta &amp;&amp; second &gt; first-delta`

`val prettyMuchEquivalent = abs(first - second) &lt; delta`

Reminds me of the old JUnit helper method we had - `assertColorAlmostEqualTo(…)`

If this is being used for tests, `kotlin.test` has the following two functions which include a tolerance for equality of floating point numbers.

```/** Asserts that the difference between the [actual] and the [expected] is within an [absoluteTolerance], with an optional [message]. */
@SinceKotlin("1.5")
fun assertEquals(expected: Double, actual: Double, absoluteTolerance: Double, message: String? = null) {
    checkDoublesAreEqual(expected, actual, absoluteTolerance, message)
}

/** Asserts that the difference between the [actual] and the [expected] is within an [absoluteTolerance], with an optional [message]. */
@SinceKotlin("1.5")
fun assertEquals(expected: Float, actual: Float, absoluteTolerance: Float, message: String? = null) {
    checkFloatsAreEqual(expected, actual, absoluteTolerance, message)
}```

you can also just look at what kotlin.test does and do that

<https://github.com/JetBrains/kotlin/blob/ec891474b0ee14c1ef496977483dca7ca93dc10c/libraries/kotlin.test/common/src/main/kotlin/kotlin/test/Utils.kt#L46>

Oh lol I didn’t finish reading the top level message

&gt; I know in kotlin.test we have checkFloatsAreEqual, but without including kotlin.test it seems impossible to figure out