floating point literals

[Mansi Vyas]

Do we need to be familiar with exponent notation for the exam?
e.g. float f = 43e1;

[dennis zined]

Yes, I would think so. Its not that difficult though.
Your example, by the way, should be:
e.g. float f = 43e1f;
floating-point numbers are double by default, so you need to indicate its float to assign it to a float variable.

[Derek Baker]

I should probably know this, but what does 43e1 represent? 43^1? 43*10^1? Something like that, I think.

[dennis zined]

Actually its 43 * 10 expressed in floating-point type numeral. '^' is the bitwise/logical exclusive OR.

[Derek Baker]

Sorry, shouldn't have used that symbol. So that's 43 * (10 to the first power)?