Examples
The number 123.45 can be represented as a decimal floating-point number with an integer significand of 12345 and an exponent of −2. Its value is given by the following arithmetic:
- 12345 × 10−2
This same value can also be represented in normalized form with a fractional coefficient of 1.2345 and an exponent of +2:
- 1.2345 × 10+2
Finally, this value can be represented in the format given by the Language Independent Arithmetic standard and several programming language standards, including Ada, C, Fortran and Modula-2, as:
- 0.12345 × 10+3
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