num (number)

Floating point number (primitive)

Description

Any number. To be precise, a full set of all IEEE-754 64-bit floating-point numbers.

Unless you specifically know you only want whole numbers, it is recommended that you use this as your default numeric data-type as opposed to int.

Supported Hooks

• Marshal() Supported
• Unmashal() Supported

See Also

• Marshal() (type): Converts structured memory into a structured file format (eg for stdio)
• Unmarshal() (type): Converts a structured file format into structured memory
• [[ (element): Outputs an element from a nested structure
• [ (index): Outputs an element from an array, map or table
• cast: Alters the data type of the previous function without altering it's output
• format: Reformat one data-type into another data-type
• int: Whole number (primitive)
• open: Open a file with a preferred handler
• runtime: Returns runtime information on the internal state of Murex
• str (string) : string (primitive)