Continuous

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Continuous the type of variables, which take values from a uncountable set. As all quantitative types they are available to make comparison of their orders as well as do arithmetic. However, they cannot be plotted or calculated in electronic systems and have to be discretized.
Sample 1 : ..., 1, ..., 1.5, ..., 1.55, ..., 1.557, ..., 1.6, ..., 2, ..., etc.
Sample 2 : 3.14159...