Re: integer or float?

Ray Andrews <[email protected]> Thu, 2 Oct 2025 14:59:35 -0700
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On 2025-10-02 14:21, Bart Schaefer wrote:
> It should be noted that you're seeing an effect of FORCE_FLOAT.
>
> A scalar (string) forced to floating point by math

Rather intricate!  I get it tho.  But I stick to my guns that a trailing 
zero after a decimal point would be proper by default. As to the  rest, there is no limitation, coded correctly one has complete control.  And I take Lawrence's point that what looks like false precision in a measured number is nothing more than the internal representation of the number -- they aren't significant figures.