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| Function
| colspan="8" | mantissa (bits 23-16)
| colspan="8" | mantissa (bits 15-8)
| colspan="8" | mantissa (bits 7-0)
| colspan="8" | mantissa (bits 15-8)
| colspan="8" | mantissa (bits 23-16)
| colspan="1" | sign
| colspan="7" | mantissa (bits 30-24)
#*0-127 are negative exponents.
To obtain the signed exponent, you must subtract 128 from the stored exponent. The minimum exponent is 0 and this describes a number of 2^-127. The maximum exponent is 255 and this describes a number of 2^128.
== BASIC floating-point/real variables ==