## 9.3.47 EPSILON (X)

Description: | Returns a positive model number that is almost negligible compared to unity in the model representing real numbers.
Class: | Inquiry function; Generic
Arguments: | X must be of type real; it can be scalar or array valued.
Results: | The result is a scalar of the same type and kind parameters as X. The result has the value b1-p. Parameters b and p are defined in Section D.2.

Examples

If X is of type REAL(4), EPSILON (X) has the value 2-23.

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