double type

double type

Double-precision, floating-point type specifier

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  simple-type-specifier  := double 

The double type specifier represents a double-precision, floating-point number. The details are implementation-specific, but you are guaranteed that the range and precision of double can never be less than those of float .

The type long double has at least the range and precision of a plain double .

See Also

float , long , type , Chapter 2