Section 11,32: FLOAT

 FLOAT (integer)

 A function that converts the argument to a REAL*4 value.

 +------+---------+----------+------------+-------------+        
 | Args | Generic | Specific |  Argument  | Result Type |
 +------+---------+----------+------------+-------------+
 |  1   |  FLOAT  |   --     | INTEGER*1  | REAL*4      |
 |      |         | FLOATI   | INTEGER*2  | REAL*4      |
 |      |         | FLOATJ   | INTEGER*4  | REAL*4      |
 |      |see note | FLOATK   | INTEGER*8  | REAL*4      |
 +------+---------+----------+------------+-------------+

 NOTE: FLOATK is only available on AXP systems.

 The setting of -r8 affects FLOAT.