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NAME         top

       finite,  finitef,  finitel,  isinf,  isinff,  isinfl,  isnan, isnanf,
       isnanl - BSD floating-point classification functions

SYNOPSIS         top

       #include <math.h>

       int finite(double x);
       int finitef(float x);
       int finitel(long double x);

       int isinf(double x);
       int isinff(float x);
       int isinfl(long double x);

       int isnan(double x);
       int isnanf(float x);
       int isnanl(long double x);

   Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see feature_test_macros(7)):

       finite(), finitef(), finitel():
           _BSD_SOURCE || _SVID_SOURCE
       isinf():
           _BSD_SOURCE || _SVID_SOURCE || _XOPEN_SOURCE >= 600 ||
           _ISOC99_SOURCE;
           or cc -std=c99
       isinff(), isinfl():
           _BSD_SOURCE || _SVID_SOURCE
       isnan():
           _BSD_SOURCE || _SVID_SOURCE || _XOPEN_SOURCE || _ISOC99_SOURCE;
           or cc -std=c99
       isnanf(), isnanl():
           _BSD_SOURCE || _SVID_SOURCE || _XOPEN_SOURCE >= 600

DESCRIPTION         top

       The finite() functions return a nonzero value if x is neither
       infinite nor a "not-a-number" (NaN) value, and 0 otherwise.

       The isnan() functions return a nonzero value if x is a NaN value, and
       0 otherwise.

       The isinf() functions return 1 if x is positive infinity, -1 if x is
       negative infinity, and 0 otherwise.

NOTES         top

       Note that these functions are obsolete.  C99 defines macros
       isfinite(), isinf(), and isnan() (for all types) replacing them.
       Further note that the C99 isinf() has weaker guarantees on the return
       value.  See fpclassify(3).

SEE ALSO         top

       fpclassify(3)

COLOPHON         top

       This page is part of release 3.51 of the Linux man-pages project.  A
       description of the project, and information about reporting bugs, can
       be found at http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/.

                                 2008-08-05                        FINITE(3)

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