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INFNAN(3)                                                    Linux Programmer's Manual                                                   INFNAN(3)


NAME

       infnan - deal with infinite or not-a-number (NaN) result


SYNOPSIS

       #include <math.h>

       double infnan(int error);

       Link with -lm.


DESCRIPTION

       The  infnan()  function returns a suitable value for infinity and "not-a-number" (NaN) results.  The value of error can be ERANGE to repre-
       sent infinity or anything else to represent NaN.  errno is also set.


RETURN VALUE

       If error is ERANGE (Infinity), HUGE_VAL is returned.

       If error is -ERANGE (-Infinity), -HUGE_VAL is returned.

       If error is anything else, NAN is returned.


ERRORS

       EDOM   The value of error is "not-a-number" (NaN).

       ERANGE The value of error is positive infinity or negative infinity.


CONFORMING TO

       4.3BSD.


NOTES

       This obsolete function was provided in libc4 and libc5, but is not available in glibc2.


COLOPHON

       This page is part of release 3.25 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/.

GNU                                                                 1993-06-02                                                           INFNAN(3)