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


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
open all close allBasic Examples (1)
InexactNumberQ tests whether an object is explicitly an inexact number:
Scope (2)
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:
See Also
Related Guides
History
Introduced in 1999 (4.0)
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_2025_inexactnumberq, author="Wolfram Research", title="{InexactNumberQ}", year="1999", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/InexactNumberQ.html}", note=[Accessed: 06-August-2025]}
BibLaTeX
@online{reference.wolfram_2025_inexactnumberq, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={InexactNumberQ}, year={1999}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/InexactNumberQ.html}, note=[Accessed: 06-August-2025]}