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See also: is_type_for, is_a, number, integer

Subclasses: zero_to_one

Methods: is_nan, degrees_to_radians, tanh, sqrt, random, sin, asin, cos, acos, atan, tan, atan2, sinh, radians_to_degrees, cosh, from, log, to_xmlrpc

Example: floating-point values are number.double values

-123.45678.<is_a number.double />

true

a wob

Parameter key	Default value	Type
pi	3.141592653589793	double

Double-precision floating point representation of "pi", the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter.

number.double.pi3.141592653589793

a wob

Parameter key	Default value	Type
e	2.718281828459045	double

Double-precision floating point representation of "e", the base of the natural system of logarithms.

number.double.e2.718281828459045

a wob

Parameter key	Default value	Type
infinity	Infinity	double

A special field for representing "infinity".

7.0.<divide 0.0 />number.double.infinity

a wob

Parameter key	Default value	Type
negative_infinity	-Infinity	double

A special field for representing "negative infinity".

-7.0.<divide 0.0 />

number.double.negative_infinity

a wob

Parameter key	Default value	Type
is_nan	is_nan	method

The is_nan is a method for testing whether a floating-point result is considered to be not a number.

-1.0.<sqrt />.<is_nan />true

a wob

Parameter key	Default value	Type
min_value	4.9E-324	double

This field returns the minimum value that can be represented by an object of this type.

a wob

Parameter key	Default value	Type
max_value	1.7976931348623157E308	double

This field returns the maximum value that can be represented by an object of this type.

a wob

Parameter key	Default value	Type
default_value	0.0	double

This field returns the current value of this field. The programmer may change this with the set method.

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