nan(3p) — Linux manual page

NAN(3P)                 POSIX Programmer's Manual                NAN(3P)

PROLOG         top

       This manual page is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual.  The
       Linux implementation of this interface may differ (consult the
       corresponding Linux manual page for details of Linux behavior),
       or the interface may not be implemented on Linux.

NAME         top

       nan, nanf, nanl — return quiet NaN

SYNOPSIS         top

       #include <math.h>

       double nan(const char *tagp);
       float nanf(const char *tagp);
       long double nanl(const char *tagp);

DESCRIPTION         top

       The functionality described on this reference page is aligned
       with the ISO C standard. Any conflict between the requirements
       described here and the ISO C standard is unintentional. This
       volume of POSIX.1‐2017 defers to the ISO C standard.

       The function call nan("n-char-sequence") shall be equivalent to:

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

       The function call nan("") shall be equivalent to:

           strtod("NAN()", (char **) NULL)

       If tagp does not point to an n-char sequence or an empty string,
       the function call shall be equivalent to:

           strtod("NAN", (char **) NULL)

       Function calls to nanf() and nanl() are equivalent to the
       corresponding function calls to strtof() and strtold().

RETURN VALUE         top

       These functions shall return a quiet NaN, if available, with
       content indicated through tagp.

       If the implementation does not support quiet NaNs, these
       functions shall return zero.

ERRORS         top

       No errors are defined.

       The following sections are informative.

EXAMPLES         top

       None.

APPLICATION USAGE         top

       None.

RATIONALE         top

       None.

FUTURE DIRECTIONS         top

       None.

SEE ALSO         top

       strtod(3p)

       The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1‐2017, math.h(0p)

COPYRIGHT         top

       Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic
       form from IEEE Std 1003.1-2017, Standard for Information
       Technology -- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The
       Open Group Base Specifications Issue 7, 2018 Edition, Copyright
       (C) 2018 by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics
       Engineers, Inc and The Open Group.  In the event of any
       discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE and The
       Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group
       Standard is the referee document. The original Standard can be
       obtained online at http://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html .

       Any typographical or formatting errors that appear in this page
       are most likely to have been introduced during the conversion of
       the source files to man page format. To report such errors, see
       https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/reporting_bugs.html .

IEEE/The Open Group               2017                           NAN(3P)

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