Section: Base Constants
feps
, which quantifies the relative machine precision
of floating point numbers (a machine specific quantity). The syntax
for feps
is:
y = feps
which returns feps
for single
precision values. For most
typical processors, this value is approximately 2^-24
, or 5.9604e-8.
feps
function,
and one of its numerical consequences.
--> feps ans = <float> - size: [1 1] 0.00000011920929 --> 1.0f+eps ans = <double> - size: [1 1] 1.0000000000000002