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From: Brian Drummond <brian3@shapes.demon.co.uk>
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On Wed, 01 Oct 2014 06:55:31 -0700, Stribor40 wrote:

> I want to be able to represent numbers like 0.1234,-1,2345 and so on so
> thats why I chose float. Is there any other way i can represent numbers
> like that? Is there any other data type?

Yes, there is also fixed point, though I have a feeling this is a trivial 
answer because you haven't quite got to the real question.

- Brian