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diff --git a/Doc/reference/lexical_analysis.rst b/Doc/reference/lexical_analysis.rst index 41ea89f..594fc71 100644 --- a/Doc/reference/lexical_analysis.rst +++ b/Doc/reference/lexical_analysis.rst @@ -879,10 +879,10 @@ Numeric literals ---------------- .. index:: number, numeric literal, integer literal - floating point literal, hexadecimal literal + floating-point literal, hexadecimal literal octal literal, binary literal, decimal literal, imaginary literal, complex literal -There are three types of numeric literals: integers, floating point numbers, and +There are three types of numeric literals: integers, floating-point numbers, and imaginary numbers. There are no complex literals (complex numbers can be formed by adding a real number and an imaginary number). @@ -943,10 +943,10 @@ Some examples of integer literals:: single: _ (underscore); in numeric literal .. _floating: -Floating point literals +Floating-point literals ----------------------- -Floating point literals are described by the following lexical definitions: +Floating-point literals are described by the following lexical definitions: .. productionlist:: python-grammar floatnumber: `pointfloat` | `exponentfloat` @@ -958,10 +958,10 @@ Floating point literals are described by the following lexical definitions: Note that the integer and exponent parts are always interpreted using radix 10. For example, ``077e010`` is legal, and denotes the same number as ``77e10``. The -allowed range of floating point literals is implementation-dependent. As in +allowed range of floating-point literals is implementation-dependent. As in integer literals, underscores are supported for digit grouping. -Some examples of floating point literals:: +Some examples of floating-point literals:: 3.14 10. .001 1e100 3.14e-10 0e0 3.14_15_93 @@ -982,9 +982,9 @@ Imaginary literals are described by the following lexical definitions: imagnumber: (`floatnumber` | `digitpart`) ("j" | "J") An imaginary literal yields a complex number with a real part of 0.0. Complex -numbers are represented as a pair of floating point numbers and have the same +numbers are represented as a pair of floating-point numbers and have the same restrictions on their range. To create a complex number with a nonzero real -part, add a floating point number to it, e.g., ``(3+4j)``. Some examples of +part, add a floating-point number to it, e.g., ``(3+4j)``. Some examples of imaginary literals:: 3.14j 10.j 10j .001j 1e100j 3.14e-10j 3.14_15_93j |