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<h3 class="section">9.245 <code>SPACING</code> &mdash; Smallest distance between two numbers of a given type</h3>
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<dt><em>Description</em>:</dt>
<dd><p>Determines the distance between the argument <var>X</var> and the nearest
adjacent number of the same type.
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<dt><em>Standard</em>:</dt>
<dd><p>Fortran 95 and later
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<dt><em>Class</em>:</dt>
<dd><p>Elemental function
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<dt><em>Syntax</em>:</dt>
<dd><p><code>RESULT = SPACING(X)</code>
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<dt><em>Arguments</em>:</dt>
<dd><table>
<tr><td width="15%"><var>X</var></td><td width="70%">Shall be of type <code>REAL</code>.</td></tr>
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<dt><em>Return value</em>:</dt>
<dd><p>The result is of the same type as the input argument <var>X</var>.
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<pre class="smallexample">PROGRAM test_spacing
INTEGER, PARAMETER :: SGL = SELECTED_REAL_KIND(p=6, r=37)
INTEGER, PARAMETER :: DBL = SELECTED_REAL_KIND(p=13, r=200)
WRITE(*,*) spacing(1.0_SGL) ! &quot;1.1920929E-07&quot; on i686
WRITE(*,*) spacing(1.0_DBL) ! &quot;2.220446049250313E-016&quot; on i686
END PROGRAM
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<dt><em>See also</em>:</dt>
<dd><p><a href="RRSPACING.html#RRSPACING">RRSPACING</a>
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