9.245. SPACING
9.245 SPACING — Smallest distance between two numbers of a given type
- Description:
- Determines the distance between the argument X and the nearest adjacent number of the same type.
- Standard:
- Fortran 95 and later
- Class:
- Elemental function
- Syntax:
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RESULT = SPACING(X)
- Arguments:
-
X Shall be of type REAL
. - Return value:
- The result is of the same type as the input argument X.
- Example:
-
PROGRAM test_spacing INTEGER, PARAMETER :: SGL = SELECTED_REAL_KIND(p=6, r=37) INTEGER, PARAMETER :: DBL = SELECTED_REAL_KIND(p=13, r=200) WRITE(*,*) spacing(1.0_SGL) ! "1.1920929E-07" on i686 WRITE(*,*) spacing(1.0_DBL) ! "2.22044604925