lamch(3) Library Functions Manual lamch(3) NAME lamch - lamch: machine parameters SYNOPSIS Functions double precision function dlamch (cmach) DLAMCH real function slamch (cmach) SLAMCH Detailed Description Function Documentation double precision function dlamch (character cmach) DLAMCH Purpose: !> !> DLAMCH determines double precision machine parameters. !> Parameters CMACH !> CMACH is CHARACTER*1 !> Specifies the value to be returned by DLAMCH: !> = 'E' or 'e', DLAMCH := eps !> = 'S' or 's , DLAMCH := sfmin !> = 'B' or 'b', DLAMCH := base !> = 'P' or 'p', DLAMCH := eps*base !> = 'N' or 'n', DLAMCH := t !> = 'R' or 'r', DLAMCH := rnd !> = 'M' or 'm', DLAMCH := emin !> = 'U' or 'u', DLAMCH := rmin !> = 'L' or 'l', DLAMCH := emax !> = 'O' or 'o', DLAMCH := rmax !> where !> eps = relative machine precision !> sfmin = safe minimum, such that 1/sfmin does not overflow !> base = base of the machine !> prec = eps*base !> t = number of (base) digits in the mantissa !> rnd = 1.0 when rounding occurs in addition, 0.0 otherwise !> emin = minimum exponent before (gradual) underflow !> rmin = underflow threshold - base**(emin-1) !> emax = largest exponent before overflow !> rmax = overflow threshold - (base**emax)*(1-eps) !> Author Univ. of Tennessee Univ. of California Berkeley Univ. of Colorado Denver NAG Ltd. Definition at line 68 of file dlamch.f. real function slamch (character cmach) SLAMCH Purpose: !> !> SLAMCH determines single precision machine parameters. !> Parameters CMACH !> CMACH is CHARACTER*1 !> Specifies the value to be returned by SLAMCH: !> = 'E' or 'e', SLAMCH := eps !> = 'S' or 's , SLAMCH := sfmin !> = 'B' or 'b', SLAMCH := base !> = 'P' or 'p', SLAMCH := eps*base !> = 'N' or 'n', SLAMCH := t !> = 'R' or 'r', SLAMCH := rnd !> = 'M' or 'm', SLAMCH := emin !> = 'U' or 'u', SLAMCH := rmin !> = 'L' or 'l', SLAMCH := emax !> = 'O' or 'o', SLAMCH := rmax !> where !> eps = relative machine precision !> sfmin = safe minimum, such that 1/sfmin does not overflow !> base = base of the machine !> prec = eps*base !> t = number of (base) digits in the mantissa !> rnd = 1.0 when rounding occurs in addition, 0.0 otherwise !> emin = minimum exponent before (gradual) underflow !> rmin = underflow threshold - base**(emin-1) !> emax = largest exponent before overflow !> rmax = overflow threshold - (base**emax)*(1-eps) !> Author Univ. of Tennessee Univ. of California Berkeley Univ. of Colorado Denver NAG Ltd. Definition at line 67 of file slamch.f. Author Generated automatically by Doxygen for LAPACK from the source code. LAPACK Version 3.12.0 lamch(3)