Whereas the manual says the max value of a double is:
The maximum value of a Double is: ±1.79769313486231570814527423731704357e+308
Which looks more like 36 digits plus the exponent.
which in fact it DOES say this… which of course is either wrong, or misleading at best
Numerical limits
The maximum value of a Double is: ±1.79769313486231570814527423731704357e+308
The minimum value towards zero is: ±4.94065645841246544176568792868221372e-324
In fact the max value is
1.7976931348623157e+308