FLOAT64_NUM_BYTES

Size (in bytes) of a double-precision floating-point number.

Installation

npm install @stdlib/constants-float64-num-bytes

Usage

var FLOAT64_NUM_BYTES = require( '@stdlib/constants-float64-num-bytes' );

FLOAT64_NUM_BYTES

Size (in bytes) of a double-precision floating-point number.

var bool = ( FLOAT64_NUM_BYTES === 8 );
// returns true

Examples

var FLOAT64_NUM_BYTES = require( '@stdlib/constants-float64-num-bytes' );

console.log( FLOAT64_NUM_BYTES );
// => 8

C APIs

Usage

#include "stdlib/constants/float64/num_bytes.h"

STDLIB_CONSTANT_FLOAT64_NUM_BYTES

Macro for the size (in bytes) of a double-precision floating-point number.

See Also

• @stdlib/constants-float16/num-bytes: size (in bytes) of a half-precision floating-point number.
• @stdlib/constants-float32/num-bytes: size (in bytes) of a single-precision floating-point number.

Notice

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