March 2004
Intermediate to advanced
560 pages
26h 47m
English
book
.NET Framework Standard Library Annotated Reference, Volume 1: Base Class Library and Extended Numerics Library
by Brad Abrams
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System.Single is a 32-bit single precision floating-point type that represents values ranging from approximately 1.5E–45 to 3.4E+38 and from approximately –1.5E–45 to –3.4E+38 with a precision of 7 decimal digits. The System.Single type conforms to standard IEC 60559:1989, Binary Floating-Point Arithmetic for Microprocessor Systems.
A System.Single can represent the following values:
The finite set of non-zero values of the form s * m * 2e, where s is 1 or –1, and 0 < m < 224 and –149 <= e <= 104.
Positive infinity and negative infinity. Infinities are produced by operations that produce results with a magnitude greater than that which can be represented by a System.Single, such as dividing a non-zero number by zero. For example, using ...
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