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maxExponent

Description

This constant is the largest exponent (of 2) that can be stored internally in the binary representation of an inexact real (or complex) number. It cannot be changed. 
i1 : maxExponent

o1 = 1073741823

For the programmer

The object maxExponent is an integer.

The source of this document is in Macaulay2Doc/ov_system.m2:1694:0.