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X02BEF

Note:  before using this routine, please read the Users' Note for your implementation to check the interpretation of bold italicised terms and other implementation-dependent details.

 Contents

    1  Purpose
    7  Accuracy
    10  Example

1  Purpose

X02BEF returns the maximum number of decimal digits which can be accurately represented over the whole range of floating-point numbers.

2  Specification

FUNCTION X02BEF ( X)
INTEGER X02BEF
REAL (KIND=nag_wp)  X

3  Description

None.

4  References

None.

5  Parameters

1:     X – REAL (KIND=nag_wp)Dummy

6  Error Indicators and Warnings

None.

7  Accuracy

None.

8  Parallelism and Performance

Not applicable.

9  Further Comments

None.

10  Example

See Section 10 in X02AJF.

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