nanf(3) - BetterMan

nanf(3)

return 'Not a Number'

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Synopsis

#include <math.h>
double nan(const char *
tagp
);
float nanf(const char *
tagp
);
long double nanl(const char *
tagp
);
nan
(), 
nanf
(), 
nanl
():
_ISOC99_SOURCE || _POSIX_C_SOURCE >= 200112L

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NAME

nan, nanf, nanl - return 'Not a Number'

LIBRARY

Math library (libm, -lm)

SYNOPSIS

bash

#include <math.h>

bash

double nan(const char *\ntagp\n);\n
\nfloat nanf(const char *\ntagp\n);\n
\nlong double nanl(const char *\ntagp\n);

nan(), nanf(), nanl():

bash


\n
    _ISOC99_SOURCE || _POSIX_C_SOURCE >= 200112L

DESCRIPTION

These functions return a representation (determined by tagp) of a quiet NaN. If the implementation does not support quiet NaNs, these functions return zero.

The call nan("char-sequence") is equivalent to:

bash

strtod("NAN(char-sequence)", NULL);

Similarly, calls to nanf() and nanl() are equivalent to analogous calls to strtof(3) and strtold(3).

The argument tagp is used in an unspecified manner. On IEEE 754 systems, there are many representations of NaN, and tagp selects one. On other systems it may do nothing.

ATTRIBUTES

For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7).

Interface	Attribute	Value
nan (), nanf (), nanl ()	Thread safety	MT-Safe locale

STANDARDS

C11, POSIX.1-2008.

See also IEC 559 and the appendix with recommended functions in IEEE 754/IEEE 854.

HISTORY

glibc 2.1. C99, POSIX.1-2001.