num (number)

Floating point number (primitive)

Description

Any number. To be precise, a full set of all IEEE-754 64-bit floating-point numbers.

Unless you specifically know you only want whole numbers, it is recommended that you use this as your default numeric data-type as opposed to int.

Supported Hooks

• Marshal() Supported
• Unmashal() Supported

See Also

• Define Type: cast: Alters the data-type of the previous function without altering its output
• Get Nested Element: [[ Element ]]: Outputs an element from a nested structure
• Open File: open: Open a file with a preferred handler
• Reformat Data Type: format: Reformat one data-type into another data-type
• Shell Runtime: runtime: Returns runtime information on the internal state of Murex
• int: Whole number (primitive)
• str (string): string (primitive)
• index: Outputs an element from an array, map or table

Read more about type hooks

• ReadIndex() (type): Data type handler for the index, [, builtin
• ReadNotIndex() (type): Data type handler for the bang-prefixed index, ![, builtin
• ReadArray() (type): Read from a data type one array element at a time
• WriteArray() (type): Write a data type, one array element at a time
• ReadMap() (type): Treat data type as a key/value structure and read its contents
• Marshal() (type): Converts structured memory into a structured file format (eg for stdio)
• Unmarshal() (type): Converts a structured file format into structured memory

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This document was generated from builtins/types/numeric/numeric_doc.yaml.