Number
A number is a special data type (data_type). There are fixed point and floating point numbers:
A fixed point number is described by the number of significant digits and the number of decimal places. The maximum number of significant digits is
38
.A floating point number consists of a mantissa and an exponent. The mantissa may have up to
38
significant digits. The valid range of values for floating point numbers consists of the intervals from-9.9999999999999999999999999999999999999E+62
to-1E-64
and from+1E-64
to+9.9999999999999999999999999999999999999E+62
and the value0.0
.Example: FLOAT
All numbers can be compared to one another.