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32.\" @(#)isinf.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
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34.Dd June 4, 1993
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35.Dt ISINF 3
36.Os
37.Sh NAME
38.Nm isinf ,
39.Nm isnan
40.Nd test for infinity or not-a-number (\*(Na)
41.Sh SYNOPSIS
42.Ft int
43.Fn isinf double
44.Ft int
45.Fn isnan double
46.Sh DESCRIPTION
47The
48.Fn isninf
49function
50returns 1 if the number is
51.Dq \\*(If ,
52otherwise 0.
53.Pp
54The
55.Fn isnan
56function
57returns 1 if the number is
58.Dq \\*(Na ,
59otherwise 0.
60.Sh SEE ALSO
61.Xr math 3
62.Rs
63.%T "IEEE Standard for Binary Floating-Point Arithmetic"
64.%Q ANSI
65.%R Std 754-1985
66.Re
67.Sh BUGS
68Neither the
69.Tn VAX
70nor the Tahoe floating point have distinguished values
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71for either infinity or not-a-number.
72These routines always return 0 on those architectures.