standard.C.casts.float

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standard.C.casts.float

Name	Version	Deprecated
float	version 1.0	no

Prototype:

number float(number)

Description:

Gets the floating point (float C type) of a static number (double C type).

Example:

import standard.C.casts



class Main {

     function Main() {

          var decimal_number=-12.345;

          var a_number=12337500087987979123123;



          echo "The float representation of " + decimal_number + " is ";

          echo float(decimal_number);

          echo "\n";



          echo "The float representation of " + a_number + " is ";

          echo float(a_number);

          echo "\n";

          

     }

}

 



Results 

The float representation of -12.345000000000001 is -12.345000267028809

The float representation of 12337500087987980000000 is 12337499715090696000000

Returns:
Returns the floating point (float C type) of a static number (double C type).

Documented by Simona Gabriela Plesuvu, generation time: Thu Oct 15 20:02:02 2009 GMT