Why does system.float not exist in .net?

Question

Why does .Net not have the System.Float type like System.String, System.Double etc.?

Answer 1

It has type System.Single, which is what you are looking for.

See table for built-in value types in C# at MSDN.

There is a slight discrepancy between how types are called in C# (where name-type are similar to C-languages, but not the same (for example - long type)) and in .Net Framework, which should be language independent of course, as many languages can (and do) run on it.

Answer 2

Because it is an alias of System.Single

Have a look at http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/b1e65aza.aspx