Copyright Digital Equipment Corp. All rights reserved.

DBLE

 DBLE (number)

 Class:  Elemental function - Generic

 Converts a number into a REAL*8 value.

 +------+-----------+----------+------------+-------------+        
 | Args | Generic   | Specific |  Argument  | Result Type |
 +------+-----------+----------+------------+-------------+
 |  1   |  DBLE     |   --     | INTEGER*1  | REAL*8      |
 |      |           |   --     | INTEGER*2  | REAL*8      |
 |      |           |   --     | INTEGER*4  | REAL*8      |
 |      |           |   --     | INTEGER*8  | REAL*8      |         
 |      |           |  DBLE    | REAL*4     | REAL*8      |
 |      |           |   --     | REAL*8     | REAL*8      |
 |      |           |  DBLEQ   | REAL*16    | REAL*8      |
 |      |           |   --     | COMPLEX*8  | REAL*8      |
 |      |           |   --     | COMPLEX*16 | REAL*8      |
 |      |           |   --     | COMPLEX*32 | REAL*8      |
 +------+-----------+----------+------------+-------------+

 These functions cannot be passed as actual arguments.