How to alter a float by its smallest increment (or close to it)?

Question

I have a double value f and would like a way to nudge it very slightly larger (or smaller) to get a new value that will be as close as possible to

Answer 1

I found this code a while back, maybe it will help you determine the smallest you can push it up by then just increment it by that value. Unfortunately i can't remember the reference for this code:

#include 

int main()
{
    /* two numbers to work with */
    double number1, number2;    // result of calculation
    double result;
    int counter;        // loop counter and accuracy check

    number1 = 1.0;
    number2 = 1.0;
    counter = 0;

    while (number1 + number2 != number1) {
        ++counter;
        number2 = number2 / 10;
    }
    printf("%2d digits accuracy in calculations\n", counter);

    number2 = 1.0;
    counter = 0;

    while (1) {
        result = number1 + number2;
        if (result == number1)
            break;
        ++counter;
        number2 = number2 / 10.0;
    }

    printf("%2d digits accuracy in storage\n", counter );

    return (0);
}