difference between double and float
What is the difference between double and float ?
Float is of 4 bytes, while double is of 8 bytes.
Both are having 1 sign bit.
Float is having 8 bits for exponent, while double is having 11 bits for exponent.
23 bits for value in float, while 52 bits are there for double.
Float is having 7 decimal digits of precision , while double can give 15 decimal digits of precision.
So, we can use double for more accurate value.
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