It is quite usual that simple decimal fractions like 0.1 or 0.7 cannot be converted into their internal binary counterparts without a little loss of precision.

See also type juggling.

Upon power on (a.k.a.

For values of other types, the conversion is the same as if the value would have been converted to integer and then to float.

It supports only a small number of atomic data structures such as boolean values, numbers (double precision floating point by default), and strings.

Floating point numbers

I owe you a beer.

These words are derived from the same root.

The boat was broken by the floating ice.

Beer is beer.

I fully agree with your point of view.

In my language, the , is called comma, the is called semicolon, is called colon, ... are called ellipsis, and this sentence ends with a period.

Companies with a high percentage of floating rate debt stand to lose the most, Goldman said.

If the instructions inside the function are written with the assumption of receiving an integer value, but the calling code passed a floating point value, then the wrong result will be computed by the invoked function.

The bird with the beard drinks a beer with the bear with the beard.

Light beer?

E Beer.

A beer, please.

Here is beer.

How much does the beer cost?

How much does beer cost?

Is there any beer left?

I half agree with this view.

Those symbolic gestures spoke to the core of our entire political program.

I half agree with this view, too.

A beer, please.

This beer is bitter.

He brewed beer.

Let's go for a beer.

He drank beer.

Is this your beer?

Is this your beer?

Whose beer is this?

This is my beer.

Do you drink beer?

Do you drink beer?

We drank beer.

We drank beer.

I like beer.

I like beer.

That's my beer.

Where's my beer?

The beer's very cold.

Tom is drinking a beer.

Tom opened the beer.