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Basic Constructors
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-BINDGEN, CINDGEN, DCINDGEN, DINDGEN, FINDGEN, L64INDGEN, LINDGEN, UINDGEN, UL64INDGEN, and ULINDGEN create arrays of increasing values, similar to range() in python; the prefix characters indicate the data type (B = byte, C = complex integer, etc). \ No newline at end of file
+BINDGEN, CINDGEN, DCINDGEN, DINDGEN, FINDGEN, L64INDGEN, LINDGEN, UINDGEN, UL64INDGEN, and ULINDGEN create arrays of increasing values, similar to range() in python; the prefix characters indicate the data type (B = byte, C = complex integer, etc).
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+The exponent notation ``5.67e3`` creates a floating point number, while ``5.67d3`` creates a double length float. \ No newline at end of file