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> I am referring to the precision of the number. Single usually
> implies a largest positive number of 3.402823 E38. The E38 allows
> the number to be large, but the precision is still limited to 6+1
> digits. After about 7 digits, the rest are all zeros.
One minor quibble with Larry's otherwise very good point: after 20
(or so, I forget) BINARY digits, the rest will be all zeroes in a
BINARY representation. But when you convert the binary to decimal,
you'll get non-zero digits after 6+1 digits. This fools many people
into thinking the single can represent more than 6+1 digits.
Gary
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