Intel® Fortran Compiler Classic and Intel® Fortran Compiler Developer Guide and Reference
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REAL(4) Constants
A single-precision REAL constant occupies four bytes of memory. The number of digits is unlimited, but typically only the leftmost seven digits are significant.
IEEE* IEEE binary32 format is used.
Note that compiler option real-size can affect REAL data.
Examples
3.14159  |  
       
3.14159_4  |  
       
621712._4  |  
       
-.00127  |  
       
+5.0E3  |  
       
2E-3_4  |  
       
1,234,567.  |  
        Commas not allowed.  |  
       
325E-47  |  
        Too small for REAL; this is a valid DOUBLE PRECISION constant.  |  
       
-47.E47  |  
        Too large for REAL; this is a valid DOUBLE PRECISION constant.  |  
       
625._6  |  
        6 is not a valid kind for reals.  |  
       
100  |  
        Decimal point is missing; this is a valid integer constant.  |  
       
$25.00  |  
        Special character not allowed.  |  
       
See Also
Compiler Reference > Data and I/O section: Data Representation