Real is the head used for real (floating-point) numbers.

Enter a real number: In[1]:=1.23 Out[1]=1.23 Real is the Head for real numbers: In[2]:=Head[%] Out[2]=Real

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RealDigits | BaseForm | Number | Reals | RealValuedNumberQ | RealValuedNumericQ | Complex | Rational

263rd most common (1 in 8010 symbols)

225th most common (1 in 4380 symbols)

734th most common (1 in 12700 symbols)

introduced in Version 1 (June 1988) last modified in Version 3 (September 1996)