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FLMIN(3F) BSD Reference Manual FLMIN(3F)
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flmin, flmax, ffrac, dflmin, dflmax, dffrac, inmax -
return extreme values
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ffuunnccttiioonn ffllmmiinn(())
ffuunnccttiioonn ffllmmaaxx(())
ffuunnccttiioonn ffffrraacc(())
ddoouubbllee pprreecciissiioonn ffuunnccttiioonn ddffllmmiinn(())
ddoouubbllee pprreecciissiioonn ffuunnccttiioonn ddffllmmaaxx(())
ddoouubbllee pprreecciissiioonn ffuunnccttiioonn ddffffrraacc(())
ffuunnccttiioonn iinnmmaaxx(())
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Functions _f_l_m_i_n and _f_l_m_a_x return the minimum and maximum
positive floating point values respectively. Functions
_d_f_l_m_i_n and _d_f_l_m_a_x return the minimum and maximum positive
double precision floating point values. Function _i_n_m_a_x
returns the maximum positive integer value.
The functions _f_f_r_a_c and _d_f_f_r_a_c return the fractional accu-
racy of single and double precision floating point numbers
respectively. This is the difference between 1.0 and the
smallest real number greater than 1.0.
These functions can be used by programs that must scale
algorithms to the numerical range of the processor.
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