Base 10 Decimal Number

The Decimal or a base 10 number is the most common format that we use today. It contains an integer component, that may be prefixed with a minus sign (- U+002D) or plus sign (+ U+002B) and maybe followed by a fraction part and/or exponent part.

Chars

Char Code

Detail

-

U+002D

Minus Sign

+

U+002B

Plus Sign

.

U+002E

Decimal Point

0

U+0030

Zero

E

U+0045

Latin uppercase letter E

e

U+0065

Latin lowercase letter e

Some valid examples of decimal numbers are.

~ 1012
~ 10782.509
~ 77817123.1231
~ 10.5E+10
~ +99.99
~ -100
~ .456
~ -.50

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