Appendix: IEEE Floating-Point

Standards
0.1

Single-Precision IEEE Real Data Type (4 bytes)

Precision

Between 6 and 7 decimal digits.

Can specify more than 6 digits, but only the first 6 digits are significant.

Range

-3.4028235E+38 to -1.1754944E-38
0
+1.1754944E-38 to +3.4028235E+38

0.2

Double-Precision IEEE Real Data Type (8 bytes)

Precision

Between 15 and 16 decimal digits.

Can specify more digits, but only the first 15 digits are significant.

Range

-1.797693134862316D+308 to -2.225073858507201D-308
0
+2.225073858507201D-3088 to +1.797693134862316D+308