float

Type:	-	function (subr)
Source:	-	xlmath.c

Syntax

(float expr)

expr - integer or floating point number/expression
returns - the result as a floating point number

Description

The 'float' function takes a numeric expression and returns the result as a floating point number.

Examples

(/ 1 2)            ; returns 0 (integer division)
(/ (float 1) 2)    ; returns 0.5
(float (/ 1 2))    ; returns 0 (integer division)
(/ 1 2 3)          ; returns 0 (integer division)
(/ (float 1) 2 3)  ; returns 0.166667

See the float function in the XLISP 2.0 manual.

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