## 9.3.40 DIGITS (X)

Description: | Returns the number of significant digits for numbers of 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 type default integer. The result has the value q if X is of type integer; it has the value p if X is of type real. Integer parameter q is defined in Section D.1; real parameter p is defined in Section D.2.

Examples

If X is of type REAL(4), DIGITS (X) has the value 24.

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