#! /usr/bin/env python
#
def r8_huge ( ):

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#
## R8_HUGE returns a "huge" real number.
#
#  Discussion:
#
#    The value returned by this function is intended to be the largest
#    representable real value.
#
#  Licensing:
#
#    This code is distributed under the GNU LGPL license.
#
#  Modified:
#
#    27 September 2014
#
#  Author:
#
#    John Burkardt
#
#  Parameters:
#
#    Output, real VALUE, a huge number.
#
  value = 1.79769313486231571E+308

  return value

def r8_huge_test ( ):

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#
## R8_HUGE_TEST tests R8_HUGE.
#
#  Licensing:
#
#    This code is distributed under the GNU LGPL license.
#
#  Modified:
#
#    27 September 2014
#
#  Author:
#
#    John Burkardt
#
  import platform

  print ( '' )
  print ( 'R8_HUGE_TEST' )
  print ( '  Python version: %s' % ( platform.python_version ( ) ) )
  print ( '  R8_HUGE returns a "huge" R8;' )
  print ( '' )
  print ( '    R8_HUGE = %g' % ( r8_huge ( ) ) )
#
#  Terminate.
#
  print ( '' )
  print ( 'R8_HUGE_TEST' )
  print ( '  Normal end of execution.' )
  return

if ( __name__ == '__main__' ):
  from timestamp import timestamp
  timestamp ( ) 
  r8_huge_test ( )
  timestamp ( )