Purpose
Returns the maximum exponent in the model representing numbers of the same type and kind type parameter as the argument.
Class
Inquiry function
Argument Type and Attributes
Result Type and Attributes
Default integer scalar.
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Result Value
The result is the following:
type MAXEXPONENT ---------- ----------- real(4) 128 real(8) 1024 real(16) 1024
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Examples
MAXEXPONENT(X) = 128 for X of type real(4).
See Real Data Model.
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