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Floating point is always available; say a little about what it is.
| author | Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org> |
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| date | Mon, 26 Mar 2001 03:17:58 +0000 |
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| 199 @xref{Numbers}, for more information. | 199 @xref{Numbers}, for more information. |
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| 201 @node Floating Point Type | 201 @node Floating Point Type |
| 202 @subsection Floating Point Type | 202 @subsection Floating Point Type |
| 203 | 203 |
| 204 Emacs supports floating point numbers (though there is a compilation | 204 Floating point numbers are the computer equivalent of scientific |
| 205 option to disable them). The precise range of floating point numbers is | 205 notation. The precise number of significant figures and the range of |
| 206 machine-specific. | 206 possible exponents is machine-specific; Emacs always uses the C data |
| 207 type @code{double} to store the value. | |
| 207 | 208 |
| 208 The printed representation for floating point numbers requires either | 209 The printed representation for floating point numbers requires either |
| 209 a decimal point (with at least one digit following), an exponent, or | 210 a decimal point (with at least one digit following), an exponent, or |
| 210 both. For example, @samp{1500.0}, @samp{15e2}, @samp{15.0e2}, | 211 both. For example, @samp{1500.0}, @samp{15e2}, @samp{15.0e2}, |
| 211 @samp{1.5e3}, and @samp{.15e4} are five ways of writing a floating point | 212 @samp{1.5e3}, and @samp{.15e4} are five ways of writing a floating point |