Developer Guide and Reference

ID 767251
Date 10/31/2024
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REAL(4) Constants

A single-precision REAL constant occupies four bytes of memory. The number of digits is unlimited, but typically only the leftmost seven digits are significant.

IEEE* IEEE binary32 format is used.

Note that compiler option real-size can affect REAL data.

Examples

Valid REAL(4) Constants

3.14159

3.14159_4

621712._4

-.00127

+5.0E3

2E-3_4

Invalid REAL(4) Constants

1,234,567.

Commas not allowed.

325E-47

Too small for REAL; this is a valid DOUBLE PRECISION constant.

-47.E47

Too large for REAL; this is a valid DOUBLE PRECISION constant.

625._6

6 is not a valid kind for reals.

100

Decimal point is missing; this is a valid integer constant.

$25.00

Special character not allowed.

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