Language Guide

CHAPTER 3
Values
Value Class Definitions 53
Number 3
The class identifier Number is a synonym for Integer or Real; it describes a
positive or negative number that can be either of class Integer or
of class Real.
LITERAL EXPRESSIONS
1
2
-1
1000
10.2579432
1.0
1.
Any valid literal expression for an Integer or a Real value is also a valid literal
expression for a Number value.
PROPERTY
Class The class identifier for the object. This property is read-only, and
its value is always either integer or real.
ELEMENTS
None
OPERATORS
Because values identified as values of class Number are really values of either
class Integer or class Real, the operators available are the operators described in
the definitions of the Integer or Real value classes, beginning on page 48 and
page 54, respectively.