fpclassify(3)

NAME
fpclassify, isfinite, isnormal, isnan - floating-point classification macros

SYNOPSIS
#include <math.h>

int fpclassify(x);

int isfinite(x);

int isnormal(x);

int isnan(x);

int isinf(x);

Compile with -std=c99; link with -lm.

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 takes one of the following values:

FP_NAN
    x is "Not a Number".

FP_INFINITE
    x is either plus or minus 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 that it must be a normal floating-point number.

The other macros provide a short answer to some standard questions.

isfinite(x)
    returns a non-zero value if
    (fpclassify(x) != FP_NAN && fpclassify(x) != FP_INFINITE)

isnormal(x)
    returns a non-zero value if (fpclassify(x) == FP_NORMAL)

isnan(x)
    returns a non-zero value if (fpclassify(x) == FP_NAN)

isinf(x)
    returns 1 if x is positive infinity, and -1 if x is negative infinity.

NOTE
In glibc 2.01 and earlier, isinf() returns a non-zero value (actually: 1) if x is an infinity (positive or negative). (This is all that C99 requires.)

CONFORMING TO
C99

SEE ALSO
finite(3), INFINITY(3), isgreater(3)