Understanding the Differences Between Double, Float, Decimal, and Number Datatypes in Programming

DataGeeks
3 min readDec 13, 2023

I once faced challenges distinguishing between double, float, and decimal data types as they all seemed similar to me. In order to gain a better understanding, I delved into this topic, and the outcome is presented in this article.

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