Represents a floating-point number with single-precision.

The floating-point numbers are expressed in the decimal-point notation with an optional + or - sign put in front of the number and an optional exponent after a trailing e. The literals can be used within expressions wherever a float operand is expected. The type name float, in turn, is designated to be used in declarations of data members. For example:

Generally, the programming language Chora assumes the float data type and the associated operations as being performed with at least 32-bit single precision. This may differ on target systems supporting the floating-point data type with double precision (64-bit).

With the following instant properties you can evaluate status or the value of a float operand:

Instant property name	Short description
abs	Represents the absolute value of the given float operand.
ceil	Represents the next highest integer value of a float operand.
floor	Represents the next lowest integer value of a float operand.
fract	Represents the fractional part of a float operand.
isinf	Verifies the Infinity (+INF or -INF) status of a float operand.
isinfn	Verifies the Negative Infinity (-INF) status of a float operand.
isinfp	Verifies the Positive Infinity (+INF) status of a float operand.
isnan	Verifies the Not a Number (NAN) status of a float operand.
round	Represents the float operand rounded to the next lowest or highest integer value.
trunc	Represents the float operand rounded by removing the fractional part.

You can combine a float operand with other operands to arithmetic expressions. The following table provides an overview of the possible operations:

Operator	Short description
+	Addition
-	Subtraction
*	Multiplication
/	Division

You can compare two float operands in order to test whether these are equal or not. The following table provides an overview of the possible operations:

Operator	Short description
==	Equality
!=	Inequality
<	Less than
>	Greater than
<=	Less than or equal
>=	Greater than or equal

Chora reacts sensitive when mixing operands of different data types within an operation. To avoid compiler warnings or even errors you can convert the affected operands explicitly by using following conversion operations:

Conversion operations with signed integers
Conversion to or from a signed or unsigned integer value.
Formatting a string from a floating-point number.
Parsing a string as a floating-point number.