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erfc
Evaluates the real complementary error function.
Prototype
function erfc ( x : numeric [float or double] ) return_val : same size/shape/type as x
Arguments
xA scalar or multi-dimensional array of type float or double.
Return value
Same size and shape as x. The return value is double if x is double, and float otherwise.
Description
Evaluates the real complementary error function.
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Examples
Example 1
x = (/ -100, 0, 100, 0.5/) result = erfc (x) print ("x="+x+" result="+result)
The results are:
x=-100 result=2 x= 0 result=1 x= 100 result=0 x= 0.5 result=0.4795