table of contents
fpclassify(3) | Library Functions Manual | fpclassify(3) |
NAME¶
fpclassify, isfinite, isnormal, isnan, isinf - floating-point classification macros
LIBRARY¶
Math library (libm, -lm)
SYNOPSIS¶
#include <math.h>
int fpclassify(x); int isfinite(x); int isnormal(x); int isnan(x); int isinf(x);
fpclassify(), isfinite(), isnormal():
_ISOC99_SOURCE || _POSIX_C_SOURCE >= 200112L
isnan():
_ISOC99_SOURCE || _POSIX_C_SOURCE >= 200112L
|| _XOPEN_SOURCE
|| /* Since glibc 2.19: */ _DEFAULT_SOURCE
|| /* glibc <= 2.19: */ _BSD_SOURCE || _SVID_SOURCE
isinf():
_ISOC99_SOURCE || _POSIX_C_SOURCE >= 200112L
|| /* Since glibc 2.19: */ _DEFAULT_SOURCE
|| /* glibc <= 2.19: */ _BSD_SOURCE || _SVID_SOURCE
DESCRIPTION¶
Floating point numbers can have special values, such as infinite or NaN. With the macro fpclassify(x) you can find out what type x is. The macro takes any floating-point expression as argument. The result is one of the following values:
- FP_NAN
- x is "Not a Number".
- FP_INFINITE
- x is either positive infinity or negative infinity.
- FP_ZERO
- x is zero.
- FP_SUBNORMAL
- x is too small to be represented in normalized format.
- FP_NORMAL
- if nothing of the above is correct then it must be a normal floating-point number.
The other macros provide a short answer to some standard questions.
- isfinite(x)
- returns a nonzero value if
(fpclassify(x) != FP_NAN && fpclassify(x) != FP_INFINITE) - isnormal(x)
- returns a nonzero value if (fpclassify(x) == FP_NORMAL)
- isnan(x)
- returns a nonzero value if (fpclassify(x) == FP_NAN)
- isinf(x)
- returns 1 if x is positive infinity, and -1 if x is negative infinity.
ATTRIBUTES¶
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7).
Interface | Attribute | Value |
fpclassify (), isfinite (), isnormal (), isnan (), isinf () | Thread safety | MT-Safe |
STANDARDS¶
C11, POSIX.1-2008.
HISTORY¶
POSIX.1-2001, C99.
In glibc 2.01 and earlier, isinf() returns a nonzero value (actually: 1) if x is positive infinity or negative infinity. (This is all that C99 requires.)
NOTES¶
For isinf(), the standards merely say that the return value is nonzero if and only if the argument has an infinite value.
SEE ALSO¶
2023-10-31 | Linux man-pages 6.7 |