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| author | Richard M. Stallman | 2001-03-26 03:17:58 +0000 |
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| committer | Richard M. Stallman | 2001-03-26 03:17:58 +0000 |
| commit | 1d2849135b98ae42700a06c5d379b943f1a2e9f9 (patch) | |
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Floating point is always available; say a little about what it is.
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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 |