floatp

ToC

Allegro CL version 8.0

ANSI Common Lisp

12.2.75 floatp

Function

Syntax:

floatp object

generalized-boolean

Arguments and Values:

object - an object.

generalized-boolean - a generalized boolean.

Description:

Returns true if object is of type float; otherwise, returns false.

Examples:

 (floatp 1.2d2)  true
 (floatp 1.212)  true
 (floatp 1.2s2)  true
 (floatp (expt 2 130))  false

Notes:

 (floatp object) ==(typep object 'float)

Allegro CL Implementation Details:

None.