| 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.