Floating-point storage directive

    Format

      .F_FLOATING  floating-point-number-list

      .FLOAT  floating-point-number-list

1  –  Parameter

 floating-point-number-list

    A list of one or more floating-point constants separated by
    commas. The constants cannot contain any operators except unary
    plus or unary minus.

2  –  Description

    .F_FLOATING evaluates the specified floating-point constant(s)
    and stores the results in the object module. .F_FLOATING
    generates 32-bit, single-precision, floating-point data (1
    bit of sign, 8 bits of exponent, and 23 bits of fractional
    significance). See the description of .D_FLOATING for information
    on storing double-precision floating-point constants and the
    descriptions of .G_FLOATING, S_FLOATING, and T_FLOATING for
    descriptions of other floating-point constants.

3  –  Notes

    o  The alternate form of .F_FLOATING is .FLOAT.

    o  You can only use this directive within data or mixed psects
       (psects that have either the NOEXE or MIX attributes).

    o  If automatic data alignment is enabled, this directive aligns
       the current location counter to a longword (32-bit) boundary
       before allocating storage.

4  –  Example

        .F_FLOATING 1.0,3.0E+2