## 9.3.56 HUGE (X)

Description: | Returns the largest number in the model representing the same type and kind parameters as the argument.
Class: | Inquiry function; Generic
Arguments: | X must be of type integer or real; it can be scalar or array valued.
Results: | The result is a scalar of the same type and kind parameters as X. If X is of type integer, the result has the value rq - 1. If X is of type real, the result has the value (1 - b-p)bemax. Integer parameters r and q are defined in Section D.1; real parameters b, p, and emax are defined in Section D.2.

Examples

If X is of type REAL(4), HUGE (X) has the value (1 - 2-24) x 2128.

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