{"id":94,"date":"2012-11-11T19:19:40","date_gmt":"2012-11-11T19:19:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ilias-laptop\/examples\/java-basics\/data-types\/primitives\/float\/"},"modified":"2013-08-20T22:38:17","modified_gmt":"2013-08-20T19:38:17","slug":"float","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/examples.javacodegeeks.com\/java-development\/java-basics\/data-types\/primitives\/float\/","title":{"rendered":"float"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In this example we shall show you how to use a <code>float<\/code> type in Java.\u00a0The <code>float<\/code> data type is a single-precision 32-bit IEEE 754 floating point. Use a <code>float<\/code> (instead of <code>double<\/code>) if you need to save memory in large arrays of floating point numbers. This data type should never be used for precise values, such as currency. 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