Purpose
Returns the minimum (most negative) exponent in the model representing the 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 MINEXPONENT ---------- ----------- real(4) - 125 real(8) -1021 real(16) -968
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Examples
MINEXPONENT(X) = -125 for X of type real(4).
See Real Data Model.
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