Integers are represented as a sequence of digits. Floats use
‘.
’ as a decimal separator.
Either type of number may be preceded by
‘-
’ or
‘+
’ to indicate a negative or
positive value, respectively
Examples of valid integers:
1221
0
-32
Examples of valid floating-point numbers:
294.42
-32032.6809e+10
148.00
An integer may be used in a floating-point context; it is
interpreted as the equivalent floating-point number.