title: FLOAT slug: docs-sb4-float system: SmileBASIC 4 type: command source: https://smilebasicsource.com/forum/thread/docs-sb4-float content_id: 19499 created: 2021-01-14 scraped: 2026-06-21 #

FLOAT #

Convert a numeric value to a floating-point (real number) type. If the value is already a float it is unchanged.

To round a real-number value, use FLOOR, CEIL, or ROUND.

FLOAT number% out float#

Input	Description
`number%`	Number to convert to float.

Output	Description
`float#`	`number%` converted to a float.

INSPECT FLOAT(100)