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  1. What is the difference between float and double? - Stack Overflow

    Mar 5, 2010 · I've read about the difference between double precision and single precision. However, in most cases, float and double seem to be interchangeable, i.e. using one or the …

  2. Why are floating point numbers inaccurate? - Stack Overflow

    Why do some numbers lose accuracy when stored as floating point numbers? For example, the decimal number 9.2 can be expressed exactly as a ratio of two decimal integers (92/10), both …

  3. How are floating point numbers stored in memory? - Stack Overflow

    Oct 4, 2011 · The float type matches the IEC 60559 single format. The double type matches the IEC 60559 double format. The long double type matches an IEC 60559 extended format. in …

  4. What is the point of float('inf') in Python? - Stack Overflow

    Dec 14, 2015 · Just wondering over here, what is the point of having a variable store an infinite value in a program? Is there any actual use and is there any case where it would be preferable …

  5. Ranges of floating point datatype in C? - Stack Overflow

    Apr 11, 2012 · The values for the float data type come from having 32 bits in total to represent the number which are allocated like this: 1 bit: sign bit 8 bits: exponent p 23 bits: mantissa The …

  6. Difference between numeric, float and decimal in SQL Server

    Jun 29, 2009 · What are the differences between numeric, float and decimal datatypes and which should be used in which situations? For any kind of financial transaction (e.g. for salary field), …

  7. How to use % operator for float values in c - Stack Overflow

    How to use % operator for float values in c Asked 14 years, 1 month ago Modified 7 years, 11 months ago Viewed 73k times

  8. floating point - What range of numbers can be ... - Stack Overflow

    For floating-point integers (I'll give my answer in terms of IEEE double-precision), every integer between 1 and 2^53 is exactly representable. Beyond 2^53, integers that are exactly …

  9. c - What is the difference between float, _Float32, _Float32x, and ...

    Jul 5, 2023 · Usually, float and double are binary32 and binary64 types respectively, and long double is binary128, an x87 80-bit extended floating-point number, or represented same as …

  10. How do I convert all of the items in a list to floats?

    632 [float(i) for i in lst] to be precise, it creates a new list with float values. Unlike the map approach it will work in py3k.