Scientific Literals ("M" Reference)
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Scientific literals are used to write floating-point or inexact number values. The type of a scientific literal defaults to the smallest standard library type that can contain the value, starting with Single.
Literal Format
Scientific literals take the following format.
ScientificLiteral:
DecimalLiteral e Sign(optional) DecimalDigit DecimalDigits(optional)
DecimalLiteral E Sign(optional) DecimalDigit DecimalDigits(optional)
Sign: one of
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