System.SysUtils.TExtendedHelper.Epsilon

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Epsilon:Extended = {$IFDEF EXTENDEDHAS10BYTES} 3.64519953188247460253e-4951 {$ELSE} 4.9406564584124654418e-324 {$ENDIF};

Properties

Type Visibility Source Unit Parent
field public System.SysUtils.pas System.SysUtils TExtendedHelper

Description

Epsilon represents the minimum positive nonzero value for a Extended variable.

If the size of Extended is 10 bytes, the minimum positive value of an Extended variable is about 3.645e-4951, and the hexadecimal representation is $00000000000000000001.

If the size of Extended is 8 bytes, TExtendedHelper is the alias of TDoubleHelper, and the minimum positive value of an Extended variable is 4.94e-324, and the hexadecimal representation is $0000000000000001.

The value of Epsilon is the same as that of MinExtended.

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