InexactNumberQ

InexactNumberQ[expr]

returns True if expr is an inexact real or complex number, and returns False otherwise.

Details

  • InexactNumberQ[expr] gives True if expr has head Real, or is a complex number either of whose components have head Real.

Examples

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Basic Examples  (1)

InexactNumberQ tests whether an object is explicitly an inexact number:

Scope  (2)

An approximate zero is inexact:

Either real or imaginary parts of a complex number can be inexact:

If both real and imaginary parts are exact, then the number is not inexact:

Properties & Relations  (4)

Numbers are considered either exact or approximate (inexact):

Inexact numbers have Precision less than :

Inexact numbers have head Real or Complex:

A function equivalent to InexactNumberQ:

Wolfram Research (1999), InexactNumberQ, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/InexactNumberQ.html.

Text

Wolfram Research (1999), InexactNumberQ, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/InexactNumberQ.html.

CMS

Wolfram Language. 1999. "InexactNumberQ." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/InexactNumberQ.html.

APA

Wolfram Language. (1999). InexactNumberQ. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/InexactNumberQ.html

BibTeX

@misc{reference.wolfram_2023_inexactnumberq, author="Wolfram Research", title="{InexactNumberQ}", year="1999", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/InexactNumberQ.html}", note=[Accessed: 19-March-2024 ]}

BibLaTeX

@online{reference.wolfram_2023_inexactnumberq, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={InexactNumberQ}, year={1999}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/InexactNumberQ.html}, note=[Accessed: 19-March-2024 ]}