Thread: float

How the floating value is stored.?
Integer value is stored by binary formate. in 4bit Then how the floating value is stored in 8 bit. How its differentiate the fraction and exponent.

Example: int a=3 -> 0011
float b=2.5 -> 0010.0101

the point where it store.

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