INFINITY(3)

NAME

   INFINITY,   NAN,   HUGE_VAL,   HUGE_VALF,  HUGE_VALL  -  floating-point
   constants

SYNOPSIS

   #define _ISOC99_SOURCE      /* See feature_test_macros(7) */
   #include <math.h>

   INFINITY

   NAN

   HUGE_VAL
   HUGE_VALF
   HUGE_VALL

DESCRIPTION

   The macro INFINITY expands to a float  constant  representing  positive
   infinity.

   The  macro  NAN  expands  to  a float constant representing a quiet NaN
   (when supported).  A quiet NaN is a NaN ("not-a-number") that does  not
   raise  exceptions  when  it  is  used in arithmetic.  The opposite is a
   signaling NaN.  See IEC 60559:1989.

   The macros HUGE_VAL, HUGE_VALF, HUGE_VALL expand to constants of  types
   double,  float  and  long  double, respectively, that represent a large
   positive value, possibly positive infinity.

CONFORMING TO

   C99.

AVAILABILITY

   On  a  glibc  system,  the  macro   HUGE_VAL   is   always   available.
   Availability  of  the  NAN  macro  can  be tested using #ifdef NAN, and
   similarly for INFINITY, HUGE_VALF, HUGE_VALL.  They will be defined  by
   <math.h>    if   _ISOC99_SOURCE   or   _GNU_SOURCE   is   defined,   or
   __STDC_VERSION__ is defined and has a value not less than 199901L.

SEE ALSO

   fpclassify(3), math_error(7)

COLOPHON

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                              2007-07-26                       INFINITY(3)

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