You should be able to do this.  In the same place where you can choose 
decimal or hexadecimal there should also be a choice for float.

Are you maybe using a really old version of CCS?  Go to Help -> About and 
see which version you're using.  Also, what processor are you working on? 
2812?

Brad

"Curl" <Mr.Bilou@microsoft.fr> wrote in message 
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> Good Morning
>
> I never understood how to used watch window in CCS.
> I can watch a 16-bits variable with desired format
> (hexadecimal,decimal) . But I am unable to watch a 32-bits variable
> (floating point for example).
>
> For example
> in Data memory I have a 32-bits variable
> 0x100:  0x3f80
> 0x101:  0x0000
>
> 0x3f800000 is 1 in 32-bits Floating Point Format.
>
> What is the syntax in the watch window to correctly see the value of
> this variable ?
>
> Thank you for your answer.
>