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Built-in Function: bitmax ()
Built-in Function: bitmax ("double")
Built-in Function: bitmax ("single")

Return the largest integer that can be represented within a floating point value.

The default class is "double", but "single" is a valid option. On IEEE-754 compatible systems, bitmax is 2^{53} - 1 for "double" and 2^{24} -1 for "single".

See also: flintmax, intmax, realmax, realmin.

Package: octave