The float data type is stored in memory as 32-bit objects. The value is stored in the single-precision floating-point format (binary32) defined by the IEEE 754 standard.
| MS | LS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| S | E | E | E | E | E | E | E | E | M | M | M | M | M | M | M | M | M | M | M | M | M | M | M | M | M | M | M | M | M | M | M |
| 31 | 23 | 0 |
| LEGEND: S = sign, M = mantissa, E = exponent, MS = most significant, LS = least significant |