HUGE(X)

Purpose

Returns the largest number in the model representing numbers of the same type and kind type parameter as the argument.

Class

Inquiry function

Argument type and attributes

X

must be of type integer or real. It may be a scalar or an array.

Result type and attributes

Scalar of the same type and kind type parameter as X.

Result value

• If X is of any integer type, the result is:

  2DIGITS(X) - 1

• If X is of any real type, the result is:

  (1.0 - 2.0-DIGITS(X)) *(2.0MAXEXPONENT(X))