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Floating Point Datatypes
C uses 'float' and 'double' to store numbers with decimal points. 'double' provides more precision than 'float'.
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float weight = 72.5f;double distance = 1250.456;
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float weight = 72.5f;
Declares a single-precision decimal variable. The 'f' suffix denotes a float literal.
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double distance = 1250.456;
Declares a double-precision variable, which is the standard for decimals in C.