2.2.8 DOUBLE

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A DOUBLE is an 8-byte, double-precision, floating-point number that represents a double-precision, 64-bit [IEEE754] value with the approximate range: +/–5.0 x 10-324 through +/–1.7 x 10308.

The DOUBLE type can also represent not a number (NAN); positive and negative infinity; or positive and negative 0.

This type is declared as follows:

 typedef double DOUBLE;