From 5e587be27a7c3bd854b686952a5c9637a2432ff0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Marti Bolivar <mbolivar@mit.edu>
Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2010 11:23:33 -0500
Subject: reorganized all the arduino/ docs into a lang/ subdirectory since
 they're properly CC attributed now.

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+.. highlight:: cpp
+
+.. _lang-float:
+
+float
+=====
+
+Description
+-----------
+
+Single-precision floating point number. Occupies 4 bytes. On Maple,
+the ``float`` type has a range of approximately -3.40282×10^38 to
+3.40282×10^38; the ``float`` type is subject to the same
+:ref:`overflow issues <lang-variables-rollover>` as any numeric data
+type.
+
+``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
+<lang-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
+<lang-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:`double <lang-double>`
+-  :ref:`Variables <lang-variables>`
+
+.. include:: cc-attribution.txt
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