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iOS Objective-C Basics (Retired) Functional Programming in C Functions

Posted by Keith Shadle
Keith Shadle
1,290 Points

float number

What is a float number? I don't recall it in the lessons of scope and before. Having issues with this challenge task. Thanks, K

1 Answer

Mike Baxter
Mike Baxter
4,442 Points
Mike Baxter
Mike Baxter
4,442 Points

A float is basically a number with decimals in it. As opposed to an integer, which is a whole number. You can make a float like this:

float someNumber = 1.2345;

NSLog(@"%f", someNumber);

That second line allows you to read the value in the console. Sometimes it's useful to put a float into a string, (which is what I did above), but it looks better like this:

float someNumber = 1.2345;

NSString *myString = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"float = %f", someNumber];