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A floating point number is defined as follows:
1. Optional + - sign. This defines the sign of the number. If missing,
positive is assumed.
2. Optional 0 - 9 digits. These digits define the integer portion of the
mantissa.
3. Optional . decimal point. This defines the end of the integer portion of
the mantissa, and indicates that the fractional portion of the mantissa
follows.
4. Optional 0 - 9 digits. These digits define the fractional portion of the
mantissa.
5. Optional exponent indicator, an ASCII ‘E’ or ‘e’, followed by a ‘+’ or ‘-’
(optional), followed by decimal digits.
Examples:
the numbers below all represent the value “1.2”
1.2
1.2e0
+01.2E+00000
120E-2
.12e1
the numbers below all represent the value “-1.2”
-1.2
-1.2e+00
-0001.2e+0
-120e-2
.12E1
2. defined as binary.
The 2832-C recognizes unsigned binary numbers in the range of 0 to 65535,
decimal, or 0 to 1111111111111111 binary. Binary numbers are represented
using only the digits 0 and 1. A binary number has the following
format:
#B
Where
#B = mandatory binary number header
= binary digits (0’s or 1’s)
Example:
All numbers below represent the decimal value 129.
#B10000001
#b010000001
#b10000001
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