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diff --git a/source/arduino/float.rst b/source/arduino/float.rst deleted file mode 100644 index aa3bd99..0000000 --- a/source/arduino/float.rst +++ /dev/null @@ -1,58 +0,0 @@ -.. highlight:: cpp - -.. _arduino-float: - -float -===== - -.. TODO move all the useful examples over to arduino/double.rst. We -.. want to discourage using floats, since most of the common cmath -.. functions are only declared with doubles. - -Description ------------ - -Single-precision floating point number. ``float`` values can be as -large as 3.4028235E+38 and as low as -3.4028235E+38. They are stored -as 32 bits (4 bytes) of information. - -``float``\ s have only 6-7 decimal digits of precision. That means the total -number of digits, not the number to the right of the decimal point. -You can get more precision by using a :ref:`double <arduino-double>` -(which has a precision of about 16 decimal digits). - -The following example declares a ``float`` value named ``myfloat``:: - - float myfloat; - -This example declares a ``float`` value named ``sensorCalibrate``, -with value 1.117:: - - float sensorCalibrate = 1.117; - -The general syntax for declaring a float named ``var`` with value -``val`` is:: - - float var = val; - -Here is a more extended example involving a :ref:`float cast -<arduino-floatcast>`:: - - int x; - int y; - float z; - - x = 1; - y = x / 2; // y now contains 0, ints can't hold fractions - z = float(x) / 2; // z now contains .5 - -See Also --------- - -- :ref:`int <arduino-int>` -- :ref:`double <arduino-double>` -- :ref:`Variables <arduino-variables>` - - - -.. include:: cc-attribution.txt
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