Model for Real Data

The model set for reals, in general, is defined as one of the following:

The following values apply to this model set:

• x  is the real value.
• s  is the sign (either +1 or -1).
• b  is the base (real radix; an integer greater than 1; b = 2 in Intel® Fortran).
• p  is the number of mantissa digits (an integer greater than 1). The number of digits differs depending on the real format, as follows:
  
  

  REAL(4)	IEEE S_floating	24
  REAL(8)	IEEE T_floating	53
  REAL(16)	IEEE X_floating	113

  
  
• e is an integer in the range e_min to e_max inclusive. This range differs depending on the real format, as follows:
  
  

  		emin	emax
  REAL(4)	IEEE S_floating	-125	128
  REAL(8)	IEEE T_floating	-1021	1024
  REAL(16)	IEEE X_floating	-16381	16384

  
  
• f_k is a nonnegative number less than b (f₁ is also nonzero).

For x = 0, its exponent e and digits f_k are defined to be zero.

The model set for single-precision real (REAL(4)) is defined as one of the following:

The following example shows the general real model for x = 20.0 using a base (b) of 2: