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float(+Number, -Result)
Converts Number to float and unifies the resulting value with
Result.
- Number
- A number.
- Result
- A variable or float.
Description
This predicate is used by the ECLiPSe compiler to expand evaluable
arithmetic expressions. So the call to float(Number, Result) is
equivalent to
Result is float(Number)
which should be preferred for portability.
In coroutining mode, if Number is uninstantiated, the call to float/2
is delayed until this variable is instantiated.
Modes and Determinism
Exceptions
- (4) instantiation fault
- Number is not instantiated (non-coroutining mode only).
- (5) type error
- Result is a number but not a float.
- (24) number expected
- Number is not of a numeric type.
- (24) number expected
- Result is neither a number nor a variable.
Examples
Success:
float(1, 1.0).
float(-6, Result). (gives Result = -6.0)
Fail:
float(1, 0.0).
Error:
float(A, 6.0). (Error 4).
float(0, 0). (Error 5).
float(4 + 2, 6.0). (Error 24).
float(1, r). (Error 24).
See Also
is / 2