1SLAMCH ‐ single precision machine parameters REAL FUNCTION SLAM‐
2CH( CMACH )
3 CHARACTER CMACH SLAMCH determines single precision machine
4parameters.
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6CMACH (input) CHARACTER*1 Specifies the value to be returned by
7SLAMCH:
8= 'E' or 'e', SLAMCH := eps
9= 'S' or 's , SLAMCH := sfmin
10= 'B' or 'b', SLAMCH := base
11= 'P' or 'p', SLAMCH := eps*base
12= 'N' or 'n', SLAMCH := t
13= 'R' or 'r', SLAMCH := rnd
14= 'M' or 'm', SLAMCH := emin
15= 'U' or 'u', SLAMCH := rmin
16= 'L' or 'l', SLAMCH := emax
17= 'O' or 'o', SLAMCH := rmax
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19where eps = relative machine precision sfmin = safe minimum,
20such that 1/sfmin does not overflow base = base of the machine
21prec = eps*base t = number of (base) digits in the mantissa
22rnd = 1.0 when rounding occurs in addition, 0.0 otherwise emin
23= minimum exponent before (gradual) underflow rmin = underflow
24threshold ‐ base**(emin‐1) emax = largest exponent before over‐
25flow rmax = overflow threshold ‐ (base**emax)*(1‐eps)
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