fpclassify, isfinite, isnormal, isnan, isinf - floating-point classification macros
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Attributes
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7).
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│ fpclassify(), isfinite(), isnormal(), isnan(), isinf() │ Thread safety │ MT-Safe │
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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_NANx is "Not a Number".
FP_INFINITEx is either positive infinity or negative infinity.
FP_ZEROx is zero.
FP_SUBNORMALx 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.
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.)
Library
Math library (libm, -lm)
Name
fpclassify, isfinite, isnormal, isnan, isinf - floating-point classification macros
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
finite(3), INFINITY(3), isgreater(3), signbit(3) Linux man-pages 6.9.1 2024-05-02 fpclassify(3)
Standards
C11, POSIX.1-2008.
Synopsis
#include<math.h>intfpclassify(x);intisfinite(x);intisnormal(x);intisnan(x);intisinf(x); Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see feature_test_macros(7)): 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
