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Dofl Y.H. Yun YaBB Newbies Offline Posts: 1	Can't define float type in eclipse Sep 1st, 2009, 8:12pm   nowadays I am trying to use Eclipse to code but found error by defining float type as below. private float num = 0.2; error message: 'Type mismatch: cannot convert from double to float' Could you give me any idea about this? and I expect using eclipse allows me much easier coding compared to Processing IDE. is it right?

Cedric God Member Offline Posts: 1838	Re: Can't define float type in eclipse Reply #1 - Sep 1st, 2009, 10:05pm   i switched back to PDE when using eclipse for some days but i believe you have to add f to your float private float num = 0.2f; should work...
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PhiLho  YaBB Moderator Offline Posts: 4190 Near Paris (France)	Re: Can't define float type in eclipse Reply #2 - Sep 2nd, 2009, 7:28am   Yes, that's an habit Processing makes us loose, because he spoils us by automatically adding this 'f' on all literal numbers with decimal point.