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30*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Dd October 29, 2003
31*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Dt SIGNBIT 3
32*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Os
33*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Sh NAME
34*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Nm signbit
35*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Nd test sign
36*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Sh LIBRARY
37*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Lb libc
38*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Sh SYNOPSIS
39*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.In math.h
40*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Ft int
41*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Fn signbit "real-floating x"
42*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Sh DESCRIPTION
43*2fe8fb19SBen GrasThe
44*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Fn signbit
45*2fe8fb19SBen Grasmacro determines whether the sign of its argument value
46*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Fa x
47*2fe8fb19SBen Grasis negative.
48*2fe8fb19SBen GrasAn argument represented in a format wider than its semantic type is
49*2fe8fb19SBen Grasconverted to its semantic type first.
50*2fe8fb19SBen GrasThe determination is then based on the type of the argument.
51*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Ss IEEE754
52*2fe8fb19SBen GrasThe sign is determined for all values, including infinities, zeroes,
53*2fe8fb19SBen Grasand NaNs
54*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Ss VAX
55*2fe8fb19SBen GrasThe sign is determined for finites, true zeros, and dirty zeroes;
56*2fe8fb19SBen Grasfor ROPs the sign is reported negative.
57*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Sh RETURN VALUES
58*2fe8fb19SBen GrasThe
59*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Fn signbit
60*2fe8fb19SBen Grasmacro returns a non-zero value if the sign of its value
61*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Fa x
62*2fe8fb19SBen Grasis negative.
63*2fe8fb19SBen GrasOtherwise 0 is returned.
64*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Sh ERRORS
65*2fe8fb19SBen GrasNo errors are defined.
66*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Sh SEE ALSO
67*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Xr fpclassify 3 ,
68*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Xr isfinite 3 ,
69*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Xr isnormal 3 ,
70*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Xr math 3
71*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Sh STANDARDS
72*2fe8fb19SBen GrasThe
73*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Fn signbit
74*2fe8fb19SBen Grasmacro conforms to
75*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.St -isoC-99 .
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