Float

A (single-precision 32-bit) floating point number has a decimal point. This data type is often simply called Float. This type uses less memory than the Double-precision floating-point number.

Language	Comments
VBScript	The VBScript single floating-point type contains a single-precision, floating-point number in the range -3.402823E38 to 3.402823E38 for positive values.
JScript	JScript uses a generic "number" data type which corresponds to integer values as well as floating point values. There is no specific single-precision floating-point type in JScript.
Python	Python uses float to represent both single and double floating-point values.
C++	The C++ API uses float (4-byte single floating point number).
C#	The C# float type (System.Single) uses 7-digit precision and is in the approximate range ±1.5 ° 10-45 to ±3.4 ° 1038.

Tip

See Comparing Data Types across Languages for a table that compares the single-precision floating point data type across several different languages.

For high-level information about how these languages approach data type in general, see one of the following topics:

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