% halfprecisionmin returns IEEE 754r bit pattern of min half precision value
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%  Function:    halfprecisionmin
%  Filename:    halfprecisionmin.m
%  Programmer:  James Tursa
%  Version:     1.0
%  Date:        March 3, 2009
%  Copyright:   (c) 2009 by James Tursa, All Rights Reserved
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% Type 'help halfprecision' to get details of this bit pattern
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function h = halfprecisionmin
if nargin ~= 0
    error(nargchk(0, 0, nargin));
end
if nargout > 1
    error(nargoutchk(0, 1, nargout));
end
h = uint16(hex2dec('0001'));
end