Error in float value

Question

Hi,
I am a newbie in JAVA. When I wrote the following code in java it gives me error:
public class FloatTest
public static void main(String[] args)
float f=3.14;
System.out.println(f);
It gives me an error saying possible lose of precision. Aren't float value capable of storing values with decimal point?
Thank you.

Answer 1

You're giving your float a double literal. If you want to use a float literal, you should append f to the end of the number.
By the way, there's usually very little reason to use float when a double will do as the precision of double is much greater and the cost of its use is very low if anything at all.