Required is float in Java!!

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I am new to java. My question is when I try to do following:

float a = 10.1;

I get error stating that required was float and this is double.

Posted 21-Jul-13 21:26pm

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ridoy · Accepted Answer · 2013-07-21T21:30:00

In case of Java, when you define a decimal number as 10.1, its interpreted as a double. double is a 64-bit precision floating point, while float is a 32-bit precision floating point. As float is less precise than a double, the conversion cannot be performed implicitly.

If you want to create a float number, you should end your number with f (i.e.: 10.1f).
Fore more information visit here..
http://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/java/nutsandbolts/datatypes.html[^]