REAL Data Type

Description

A variable of type REAL stores floating point numbers in this format:

ddd.ddd[e[-]ddd]

The following values may be stored in a REAL variable:

  • 8.12
  • 499.0
  • -6.7511
  • 1e30
  • 1.45e-10

Variables of type REAL can have a value from 2.0 – 32. If the value is outside the range, the data type returns a value of zero.

For information on ranges for other data types, see Data Type Ranges.