Float and double datatype in Java
The Wikipedia page on it is a good place to start. To sum up: float is represented in 32 bits, with 1 sign bit, 8 bits of exponent, and 23 bits of the significand (or what follows from a scientific-notation number: 2.33728*1012; 33728 is the significand). double is represented in 64 bits, with 1 sign bit, 11 bits of … Read more