Floating point

Floating point numbers are a data type that is able to store decimal numbers as opposed to just an integer.

Like with integers, you can usually apply arithmetic operators to floating-point numbers (add, subtract, multiply and divide) but some operators may not work with floats.

Examples of floating-point values

5.1
4.0
-27.3
6.4e7
1.2e-27

Non-examples of floating-point values

5 (unless casted)
"4.3"
false
'7'