{"id":20250,"date":"2024-03-15T20:09:53","date_gmt":"2024-03-15T20:09:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-do-you-define-decimals-in-the-c-programming-language\/"},"modified":"2024-03-21T17:38:16","modified_gmt":"2024-03-21T17:38:16","slug":"how-do-you-define-decimals-in-the-c-programming-language","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-do-you-define-decimals-in-the-c-programming-language\/","title":{"rendered":"How do you define decimals in the C programming language?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In C language, decimals can be defined by declaring floating point variables. Floating point variables are divided into single precision floats (float) and double precision floats (double). 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