MAXEXPONENT — Maximum exponent of a real kind

Description

MAXEXPONENT(X) returns the maximum exponent in the model of the type of X.

Syntax

RESULT = MAXEXPONENT(X)

Arguments

X Shall be of type REAL.

Return value

The return value is of type INTEGER and of the default integer kind.

Example



program exponents

  real(kind=4) :: x

  real(kind=8) :: y



  print *, minexponent(x), maxexponent(x)

  print *, minexponent(y), maxexponent(y)

end program exponents

Standard

Fortran 95 and later

Class

Inquiry function