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| _Types and Values_ | |
| # Numbers | |
| CUE defines two kinds of numbers. | |
| Integers, denoted `int`, are whole, or integral, numbers. | |
| Floats, denoted `float`, are decimal floating point numbers. | |
| An integer literal (e.g. `4`) can be of either type, but defaults to `int`. | |
| A floating point literal (e.g. `4.0`) is only compatible with `float`. | |
| In the example, the result of `b` is a `float` and cannot be | |
| used as an `int` without conversion. | |
| <!-- CUE editor --> | |
| ``` | |
| a: int | |
| a: 4 // type int | |
| b: float | |
| b: 4 // type float | |
| c: int | |
| c: 4.0 | |
| d: 4 // will evaluate to type int (default) | |
| ``` | |
| <!-- result --> | |
| ``` | |
| a: 4 | |
| b: 4.0 | |
| c: _|_ | |
| d: 4 | |
| ``` |