maxexponent

Date:: 10-12-2011

NAME

MAXEXPONENT - Returns the maximum exponent in the numeric model

SYNOPSIS

MAXEXPONENT ([X=]x)

IMPLEMENTATION

Cray Linux Environment (CLE)

STANDARDS

Fortran

DESCRIPTION

The MAXEXPONENT intrinsic function returns the maximum exponent in the real number model. For more information on the real number model, see the models(3i) man page. It accepts the following argument:

x: Must be of type real. It may be scalar or array valued.

MAXEXPONENT is an inquiry function. The name of this intrinsic cannot be passed as an argument.

RETURN VALUES

The result is a default integer scalar. The result has the value emax , as defined in the model, which represents numbers of the same type and kind type parameter as x.