How to calculate machine epsilon in MATLAB?

Question

I need to find the machine epsilon and I am doing the following:

eps = 1;

while 1.0 + eps > 1.0 do
    eps = eps /2;
end

However, it sh

Answer 1

It looks like you may want something like this:

eps = 1;

while (1.0 + eps > 1.0)
    eps = eps /2;
end