Platform | x64, Win32, .NET |
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Purpose |
To get the range of the decimal exponent for integer or real numbers with a given kind type. |
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Class |
Inquiry function. |
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Syntax |
INTEGER FUNCTION RANGE(X) |
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Description |
X is of type integer, real or complex. It may be a scalar or an array. |
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Return value |
The result is a scalar integer giving the smaller of the largest positive exponent and the absolute value of the largest negative exponent that is used by the compiler for numbers of the given type and kind type. For real values of kinds 1, 2 and 3 the results are respectively 37, 307 and 4931. |