SMALLFLOAT

An item of type SMALLFLOAT is interpreted as a binary value for single-precision floating-point numbers with as many as 8 significant digits. The length is fixed at 4 bytes of memory storage.

In EGL-generated Java programs, the value ranges from 3.40282347e+38 and 1.40239846e-45.

SMALLFLOAT corresponds to each of these definitions:

• The SMALLFLOAT data type in a relational database management system

• The float data type in C, C++, or Java

For floating-point values, format conversion between Java and host COBOL formats is supported by DB2 but is not supported on calls to host programs.

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Primitive types