Mathematics

Single-Precision Arithmetic

You can combine two numbers of type single and the result is of type single. For example,

• x = single(2)*single(3)
  
  x =
  
       6
  

You can verify that the result has data type single with the class command.

• class(x)
  
  ans =
  
  single
  

You can combine scalars or arrays of type single with scalars or arrays of type double, and the result has type single. For example,

• x = single(8) + 3
  
  x =
  
      11
  
  class(x)
  
  ans =
  
  single
  

However, you cannot combine scalars or arrays of type single with scalars or arrays of an integer data type.

Data Type single

The Function eps

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