Erlang - Is_float



The method checks if a number is a float value.

Syntax

Is_float(X)

Parameters

X - A number value.

Return Value

The return value is true if the number specified as a parameter is a float value, else will return false.

For example

-module(helloworld). 
-export([start/0]). 

start() ->
   Num = 3.00, 
   io:fwrite("~w",[is_float(Num)]).

Output

When we run the above program, we will get the following result.

true
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