ISINF

Section: C Library Functions (3)
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NAME

isinf isnan - test for infinity or not-a-number  

SYNOPSIS

Ft int Fn isinf double Ft int Fn isnan double  

DESCRIPTION

The Fn isninf function returns 1 if the number is ``\*(If , '' otherwise 0.

The Fn isnan function returns 1 if the number is ``not-a-number'' otherwise 0.  

SEE ALSO

math(3)
"IEEE Standard for Binary Floating-Point Arithmetic" ANSI Std 754-1985
 

BUGS

Neither the VAX nor the Tahoe floating point have distinguished values for either infinity or not-a-number. These routines always return 0 on those architectures.


 

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