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35.Dd April 20, 1991
36.Dt ISINF 3
37.Os
38.Sh NAME
39.Nm isinf ,
40.Nm isnan
41.Nd test for infinity or not-a-number (\*(Na)
42.Sh SYNOPSIS
43.Ft int
44.Fn isinf double
45.Ft int
46.Fn isnan double
47.Sh DESCRIPTION
48The
49.Fn isninf
50function
51returns 1 if the number is
52.Dq \\*(If ,
53otherwise 0.
54.Pp
55The
56.Fn isnan
57function
58returns 1 if the number is
59.Dq \\*(Na ,
60otherwise 0.
61.Sh SEE ALSO
62.Xr math 3
63.Rs
64.%T "IEEE Standard for Binary Floating-Point Arithmetic"
65.%Q ANSI
66.%R Std 754-1985
67.Re
68.Sh BUGS
69Neither the
70.Tn VAX
71nor the Tahoe floating point have distinguished values
72for either infinity or not-a-number.
73These routines always return 0 on those architectures.
74