Floating Point Support
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❏ The sign field, the exponent field, and at least the first digit of
the mantissa field must be present (any unspecified digits in
the mantissa field are set to zero).
❏ Each field must be separated from adjacent fields by an
underscore.
❏ All the digit positions in the sign and exponent fields must be
present.
Single Precision Real
The single precision real format would appear in memory as:
A single precision number takes 4 bytes in memory.
Double Precision Real
The double precision real format would appear in memory as:
A double precision number takes 8 bytes in memory.
Note The single and double precision formats have an
implied integer bit (always 1).
1-bit sign Þeld (1 binary digit)
8-bit biased exponent Þeld (2 hex digits, Bias = $7F)
23-bit fraction Þeld (6 hex digits)
1-bit sign Þeld (1 binary digit)
11-bit biased exponent Þeld (3 hex digits, Bias = $3FF)
52-bit fraction Þeld (13 hex digits)
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