VBA Data Types and Limits Single
Example
Dim Value As Single
A Single is a signed 32 bit floating point data type. It is stored internally using a little-endian IEEE 754 memory layout. As such, there is not a fixed range of values that can be represented by the data type - what is limited is the precision of value stored. A Single can store a value integer values in the range of -16,777,216 to 16,777,216 without a loss of precision. The precision of floating point numbers depends on the exponent.
A Single will overflow if assigned a value greater than roughly 2128. It will not overflow with negative exponents, although the usable precision will be questionable before the upper limit is reached.
As with all floating point numbers, care should be taken when making equality comparisons. Best practice is to include a delta value appropriate to the required precision.
The casting function to convert to a Single is CSng().
