Description: | Returns a positive model number that is almost negligible compared to unity in the model representing real numbers. | ||
Class: | Inquiry function; Generic | ||
Arguments: | X must be of type real; it can be scalar or array valued. | ||
Results: | The result is a scalar of the same type and kind parameters as X. The result has the value b1-p. Parameters b and p are defined in Section D.2. |
Examples
If X is of type REAL(4), EPSILON (X) has the value 2-23.