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# xpressinsight.real

Purpose
Declare the entity to be (or to contain) floating-point (whole number) values. If not specified, the default value is 0.0.
Synopsis
`class xpressinsight.real(BasicType[float])`
Example
Example of declaring a scalar entity to be a floating-point value.

    >>> my_real: xi.types.Scalar(dtype=xi.real)
    >>> my_real: xi.types.Scalar(100.0)
    >>> my_real: xi.types.Scalar(123.456)

Related topics
BasicType,
Column,
Index,
Param,
Scalar,
Series
Parent Topic Basic Types

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