I am learning C++, and I am confused about the double command. I hope you could explain to me when and where I should use this one.

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I am learning C++, and I am confused about the double command. I hope you could explain to me when and where I should use this one. 

mathematical statement.
3 #include <iostream>
4 #include <iomanip>
5 using namespace std;
6
7 //Function prototypes
8 double getRadius();
9 double square(double number);
10
11 int main()
12 {
13
const double PI = 3.14159;
// Con-
stant for pi
14
double radius;
// Holds
the circle's radius
15
double area;
// Holds
Transcribed Image Text:mathematical statement. 3 #include <iostream> 4 #include <iomanip> 5 using namespace std; 6 7 //Function prototypes 8 double getRadius(); 9 double square(double number); 10 11 int main() 12 { 13 const double PI = 3.14159; // Con- stant for pi 14 double radius; // Holds the circle's radius 15 double area; // Holds
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lets understand double keyword:
when you have to store a value which has decimal point value(for example:3.14,2.5,1.2,,,) in a variable, you have to declare it as double, since double keywords denotes the value in the variable is floating point
so, double keyword is used, when we have to store floating point values

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