Integers

Question

What determines whether or not an integer is written with a decimal? In other words, why would 7.0 be written instead of 7?

Answer 1

As *AsterisK* said, when you add the decimal point, it is no longer considered an integer.

Answer 2

any integer with the decimal point is known as a floating point value, which you can use if you want your results in a decimal form

Answer 3

I see what i did there.

Answer 4

what i meant to ask was “In what situation would one write 7.0 instead of the integer of 7”?