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title: "Comment by Aiden Parker on \"When Decimal is better than float(Python)\" | Hashnode"
description: "Python's float type is used to store values that are calculated using the floating-point model. In computer memory, float values are composed of a mantissa"
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Comment [When Decimal is better than float(Python)](https://hashnode.com/posts/when-decimal-is-better-than-floatpython/60323c4072a689446db3ea5a)

[Aiden Parker](https://hashnode.com/@boopeace)

[Sep 20, 2022](https://hashnode.com/posts/when-decimal-is-better-than-floatpython/60323c4072a689446db3ea5a/comment/63294467195e7dc741da6eab)

Python's float type is used to store values that are calculated using the floating-point model. In computer memory, float values are composed of a mantissa and an exponent.