Is “NUMBER” and “NUMBER(*,0)” the same in Oracle?

Question

In Oracle documentation it is mentioned that

NUMBER (precision, scale)

If a precision is not specified, the column stores values as given. I

Answer 1

This parts of Oracle documentation makes it absolutely clear:

Specify an integer using the following form:

NUMBER(p)

This represents a fixed-point number with precision p and scale 0 and is equivalent to NUMBER(p,0).

and

Specify a floating-point number using the following form:

NUMBER

The absence of precision and scale designators specifies the maximum range and precision for an Oracle number.

The meaning of the star precision is documented here and means the precision of 38