precision in Fortran Wiki

## Description
`precision(x)` returns the decimal precision in the model of the
type of `x`.
## Standard
[[Fortran 95]] and later
## Class
[[Inquiry function]]
## Syntax
`result = precision(x)`
## Arguments
 - `x` - Shall be of type `real` or `complex`.
## Return value
The return value is of type `integer` and of the default integer
kind.
## Example
 program prec_and_range
 real(kind=4) :: x(2)
 complex(kind=8) :: y
 print *, precision(x), range(x)
 print *, precision(y), range(y)
 end program prec_and_range
{: lang=fortran }
category: intrinsics