machEpsilon
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Purpose
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Returns the smallest number such that :math:`1 + eps > 1`.

Format
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.. function:: eps = machEpsilon()

    :return eps: machine epsilon.

    :rtype eps: scalar

Examples
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::

    eps = machEpsilon();
    print eps;

The code above produces the following output:

::

    2.2300000e-16

Source
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machconst.src

.. seealso:: Functions :func:`sysstate`