DIGITS — Significant binary digits function#
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DIGITS(X)#
DIGITS(X)
returns the number of significant binary digits of the internal model representation ofX
. For example, on a system using a 32-bit floating point representation, a default real number would likely return 24.- Parameters
X – The type may be
INTEGER
orREAL
.- Returns
The return value is of type
INTEGER
.
- Standard:
Fortran 90 and later
- Class:
Inquiry function
- Syntax:
RESULT = DIGITS(X)
- Example:
program test_digits integer :: i = 12345 real :: x = 3.143 real(8) :: y = 2.33 print *, digits(i) print *, digits(x) print *, digits(y) end program test_digits