Name:

precision returns the precision necessary to represent a number.

Usage:

precision(x) : constant -> integer

Parameters:

Description:

Example 1:

   > a=round(Pi,20,RN);
   > precision(a);
   19
   > m=mantissa(a);
   > ceil(log2(m));
   19
See also: mantissa, exponent, round
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