Number
Details
- An integer is returned if no explicit decimal point is present.
- Approximate real numbers can be given in C or Fortran forms, such as 2.4E5 or -3.4e-4.
Examples
Basic Examples (1)
Open a stream:
Read numbers from the stream object:
Close the stream:
Tech Notes
Related Guides
History
Introduced in 1988 (1.0)
Text
Wolfram Research (1988), Number, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Number.html.
CMS
Wolfram Language. 1988. "Number." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Number.html.
APA
Wolfram Language. (1988). Number. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Number.html
BibTeX
@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_number, author="Wolfram Research", title="{Number}", year="1988", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Number.html}", note=[Accessed: 04-January-2026]}
BibLaTeX
@online{reference.wolfram_2025_number, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={Number}, year={1988}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Number.html}, note=[Accessed: 04-January-2026]}