Type:Float

In SMW 1.0, you can use the new datatype Type:Number which handles integers as well as floating-point values. So in SMW 1.0, Float is obsolete, and is just an alias for Type:Number since it has the same behavior.

In SMW 0.7 and earlier, the datatype Float represented a 32-bit floating-point value, which is used for attributes that contain decimal numbers. It can be positive or negative, with thousand separators, and can have an optional exponent. For example, Psi beam:=4,297.31 e7

It allows for giving units after the number as well. Though Type:Float does not understand units (i.e. it performs no automatic conversion), a unit can be used to distinguish attribute values with different units. For example, Psi beam:=42 mindmelds.

In SMW 0.6, if you provide a unit the warning message "this attribute supports no unit conversion" will clutter query results and factboxes; you can hide this warning with the CSS line .smwwarning  { display: none; !important }

You can also use or create your own type that is aware of units, see Custom units.

Because Float is just an alias for Type:Number, the following list of Properties of type “Float” is actually all properties of type “Number”.