77 lines
2.6 KiB
Groff
77 lines
2.6 KiB
Groff
.\" $NetBSD: isinf.3,v 1.4 1998/02/05 18:47:16 perry Exp $
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.\"
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.\" Copyright (c) 1991, 1993
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.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
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.\"
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.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
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.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
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.\" are met:
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.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
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.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
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.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
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.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
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.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
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.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software
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.\" must display the following acknowledgement:
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.\" This product includes software developed by the University of
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.\" California, Berkeley and its contributors.
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.\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors
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.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software
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.\" without specific prior written permission.
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.\"
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.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND
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.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
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.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
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.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
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.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
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.\" @(#)isinf.3 8.2 (Berkeley) 1/29/94
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.\"
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.Dd January 29, 1994
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.Dt ISINF 3
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm isinf ,
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.Nm isnan
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.Nd test for infinity or not-a-number
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.Sh LIBRARY
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.Lb libc
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Ft int
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.Fn isinf double
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.Ft int
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.Fn isnan double
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Fn isninf
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function
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returns 1 if the number is
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.Dq \\*(If ,
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otherwise 0.
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.Pp
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The
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.Fn isnan
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function
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returns 1 if the number is
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.Dq not-a-number ,
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otherwise 0.
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr math 3
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.Rs
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.%T "IEEE Standard for Binary Floating-Point Arithmetic"
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.%Q ANSI
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.%R Std 754-1985
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.Re
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.Sh BUGS
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Neither the
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.Tn VAX
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nor the Tahoe floating point have distinguished values
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for either infinity or not-a-number.
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These routines always return 0 on those architectures.
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