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Numeric Literals

A numeric literal is a string of digits that FairCom DB SQL interprets as a decimal number. FairCom DB SQL allows the string to be in a variety of formats, including scientific notation.

Syntax

[+|-]{[0-9][0-9]...}[.[0-9][0-9]...][[E|e][+|-][0-9]{[0-9]}]

Examples

The following are all valid numeric strings:

123

123.456

-123.456

12.34E-04

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