Return the value of the largest (positive) number representable 
   in a double precision variable. 

   None. 

   The function returns the value of the largest (positive) number 
   that can be represented in a double precision variable. 

   None. 

   The function returns the value of the largest (positive) number 
   that can be represented in a double precision variable. 

   This value varies from machine to machine.  The value is defined by 
   the macro DBL_MAX from the ANSI standard header file float.h.
   According to the ANSI standard, DBL_MAX must be at least

      1.E+37 

   None. 

   The function always returns a constant value, set by the user 
   prior to compilation. 

   The following code fragments illustrate the use of dpmax_c. 
   Note in the second example that the smallest negative number 
   is not necessarily the negative of the largest positive number. 

   1) Set a range variable for a star or ephemeris object.

      /.
      Compute the distance to each object. For stars, use 
      a "very large" distance. 
      ./

      for ( i = 0;  i < n;  i++ )
      {
         if (  strcmp ( type[i], "star" )  ) 
         {
            /.
            The object is not a star.
            ./

            range[i] = vnorm_c ( state[i] );
         }
         else 
         {
            range[i] = sqrt ( dpmax_c() ) / 2.;
         }
      }



   2) Initialize a CSPICE "window."

      /.
      The window originally has one interval, from "minus 
      infinity" to "plus infinity". 
      ./

      winsiz    =  2;
      window[0] =  dpmin_c();
      window[1] =  dpmax_c() ;

      scardd_ ( &winsiz, window ); 

   None. 

   Error free. 

   None. 

   N.J. Bachman    (JPL) 
   H.A. Neilan     (JPL) 
   M.J. Spencer    (JPL) 
   W.L. Taber      (JPL) 
   I.M. Underwood  (JPL) 

   None.

   -CSPICE Version 1.1.0, 23-JUL-2001 (NJB)

      Removed tab characters from source file.

   -CSPICE Version 1.0.0, 16-OCT-1998 (NJB)

   largest d.p. number