nan, nanf, nanl - return 'Not a Number'
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Attributes
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7).
┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┬───────────────┬────────────────┐
│ Interface │ Attribute │ Value │
├──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────┼────────────────┤
│ nan(), nanf(), nanl() │ Thread safety │ MT-Safe locale │
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────────┴────────────────┘
Description
These functions return a representation (determined by tagp) of a quiet NaN. If the implementation does
not support quiet NaNs, these functions return zero.
The call nan("char-sequence") is equivalent to:
strtod("NAN(char-sequence)", NULL);
Similarly, calls to nanf() and nanl() are equivalent to analogous calls to strtof(3) and strtold(3).
The argument tagp is used in an unspecified manner. On IEEE 754 systems, there are many representations
of NaN, and tagp selects one. On other systems it may do nothing.
History
glibc 2.1. C99, POSIX.1-2001.
Library
Math library (libm, -lm)
Name
nan, nanf, nanl - return 'Not a Number'
See Also
isnan(3), strtod(3), math_error(7) Linux man-pages 6.9.1 2024-05-02 nan(3)
Standards
C11, POSIX.1-2008.
See also IEC 559 and the appendix with recommended functions in IEEE 754/IEEE 854.
Synopsis
#include<math.h>doublenan(constchar*tagp);floatnanf(constchar*tagp);longdoublenanl(constchar*tagp); Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see feature_test_macros(7)): nan(), nanf(), nanl(): _ISOC99_SOURCE || _POSIX_C_SOURCE >= 200112L
