What is the difference between PIC 9.99 and 9v99?

Answer Posted / ajay kumar

pic 99.9 will allocate memory size to the '.' also
but in order to save memory, 99v9 is used wherever possible.
'v' is cosidered as assumed decimal, which is used for calculation by program internally.

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