Hexadecimal Floating-point literal

[Abdul Rehman]

Hello to all ranchers.
Could someone please explain or give link to any article, tutorial, etc. which explains hexadecimal floating-point literals. I haven't read about them in any Java book which I have, but, I found them given in Chapter 3 of the JLS 3rd Ed. It is written in Section 3.10.2 that:-

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FloatingPointLiteral:
DecimalFloatingPointLiteral
HexadecimalFloatingPointLiteral

HexadecimalFloatingPointLiteral:
HexSignificand BinaryExponent FloatTypeSuffix[opt]

HexSignificand:
HexNumeral
HexNumeral .
0x HexDigits[opt] . HexDigits
0X HexDigits[opt] . HexDigits

BinaryExponent:
BinaryExponentIndicator SignedInteger

BinaryExponentIndicator: one of
p P
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Could someone please explain the syntax, etc. of hexadecimal floating-point literals?

Thanks.
[ November 14, 2006: Message edited by: Abdul Rehman ]

[Keith Lynn]

I think that definition explains it.

[Abdul Rehman]

Yeah... I read it with attention now & I think there is a fair explanation in there already. Thanks anyways...