Float Expressions
Floating Point Expressions
Expressions that return a decimal number, even if it ends in .0, are known as floating point expressions.
Examples include:
| Floating Point Expressions |
|---|
| 3/7 |
| float(56) |
| sin(2*pi) |
Very large and small floating point numbers may also be represented in scientific E notation (added in version 0.9.9.46). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_notation
| Scientific E Notation | |
|---|---|
| E Notation | Decimal Number |
| 2e0 | 2 |
| 3e2 | 300 |
| 1.234e10 | 12340000000 |
| -5.3e4 | -53000 |
| 2e-1 | 0.2 |
| 5.12e-9 | 0.00000000512 |