SIGNBIT
Section: Linux Programmer's Manual (3)
Updated: 2010-09-20
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NAME
signbit - test sign of a real floating-point number
SYNOPSIS
#include <math.h>
int signbit(x);
Link with -lm.
Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see
feature_test_macros(7)):
signbit():
-
_XOPEN_SOURCE >= 600 || _ISOC99_SOURCE ||
_POSIX_C_SOURCE >= 200112L;
or
cc -std=c99
DESCRIPTION
signbit()
is a generic macro which can work on all real floating-point types.
It returns a nonzero value if the value of
x
has its sign bit set.
This is not the same as
x < 0.0,
because IEEE 754 floating point allows zero to be signed.
The comparison
-0.0 < 0.0
is false, but
signbit(-0.0)
will return a nonzero value.
NaNs and infinities have a sign bit.
RETURN VALUE
The
signbit()
macro returns nonzero if the sign of
x
is negative; otherwise it returns zero.
ERRORS
No errors occur.
CONFORMING TO
C99, POSIX.1-2001.
This function is defined in IEC 559 (and the appendix with
recommended functions in IEEE 754/IEEE 854).
SEE ALSO
copysign(3)
COLOPHON
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Index
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- SYNOPSIS
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- DESCRIPTION
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- RETURN VALUE
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- ERRORS
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- CONFORMING TO
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- SEE ALSO
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- COLOPHON
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