Modern Math MinSubnormalDouble

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MinSubnormalDouble

Returns the smallest Double above zero.

Syntax

MinSubnormalDouble( )

Examples

#import "std/numeric"
using numeric

dim as float64 m = MinSubnormalDouble( )

'' The SMALLEST NON-ZERO double there is -- one bit of significand left
print m > 0                  '' -1 (true)
print IsSubnormal( m )       '' true

'' Halving it underflows to zero, which is where the number line stops
print m / 2 = 0              '' -1 (true)

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Library: Math Library
Category: Math Library
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