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9.190 MAXEXPONENT — Maximum exponent of a real kind ¶

Description:

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

Standard:

Fortran 90 and later

Class:

Inquiry function

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