What Does 10.e6 Mean in FORTRAN?

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Hello,
I've a program in FORTRAN which I need to convert to C#,
there's an assignment statement like this:
Code: 
FC=10.e6

What exactly does it mean? Is it 10*10^6? or 10.000000?
Do you have some tips to convert the FORTRAN program to any
modern language (C#, JAVA, C/C++) ?

Thank You
 
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khdani said:
Hello,
I've a program in FORTRAN which I need to convert to C#,
there's an assignment statement like this:
Code: 
FC=10.e6

What exactly does it mean? Is it 10*10^6? or 10.000000?
Do you have some tips to convert the FORTRAN program to any
modern language (C#, JAVA, C/C++) ?

Fortran is a modern language. Latest definition is F2008.
 

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