Floating Point Number (floating_point_literal)

A floating point number (floating_point_literal) is a numeric literal that specifies a number as a floating point number.

Structure

Syntax Syntax

<floating_point_literal> ::=
  <mantissa>E<exponent>
| <mantissa>e<exponent>

<mantissa> ::=
  <fixed_point_literal>

<exponent> ::=
  [<sign>][[<digit>]<digit>]<digit>

<sign> ::=
  +
| -

<digit> ::=
  0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9

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Example Example

1e160

-765E-04

End of the example.

More Information

FLOAT

Fixed Point Number (fixed_point_literal)