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Function FLOAT
Syntax
- float number
&optionalprototype → float ====Arguments and Values==== * number - a real. * prototype - a float. * float - a float. ====Description==== float converts a real number to a float. If a prototype is supplied, a float is returned that is mathematically equal to number but has the same format as prototype. If prototype is not supplied, then if the number is already a float, it is returned; otherwise, a float is returned that is mathematically equal to number but is a single float. ====Examples==== <blockquote> (float 0) <r>0.0 </r> (float 1 .5) <r>1.0 </r> (float 1.0) <r>1.0</r> (float 1/2) <r>0.5</r> (eql (float 1.0 1.0d0) 1.0d0) <r>true</r> </blockquote> ====Side Effects==== None. ====Affected By==== None. ====Exceptional Situations==== None. ====See Also==== * Function COERCE ====Notes==== None. \issue{REAL-NUMBER-TYPE:X3J13-MAR-89}
