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CLASS::FloatArray
summary::an array of 32-bit single precision floating point numbers
related::Classes/DoubleArray, Classes/Signal
categories::Collections>Ordered
DESCRIPTION::
An array of 32-bit single precision floating point numbers.
Note that despite the "Float" in its name, FloatArray does not hold a sequence
of SuperCollider double precision link::Classes/Float##floats::, but rather
32-bit (single precision) floats. For a raw array of 64-bit floats, use
link::Classes/DoubleArray::.
FloatArray and its subclass link::Classes/Signal:: are commonly used to hold
audio data in SuperCollider. Since almost all audio has 16-bit or 24-bit
precision, using double precision floats for this purpose would be a waste of
space. In other words, FloatArray is meant for storage of large amounts of
lower-precision data, but it is not meant for highly accurate math operations.
The complete list of RawArray types in SuperCollider is:
list::
## link::Classes/Int8Array:: - 8 bit integer
## link::Classes/Int16Array:: - 16 bit integer
## link::Classes/Int32Array:: - 32 bit integer
## FloatArray - 32 bit floating point
## DoubleArray - 64 bit floating point
## link::Classes/SymbolArray:: - symbols
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INSTANCEMETHODS::
method::readFromStream
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