INFINITY(3) | Linux Programmer's Manual | INFINITY(3) |
NAME
INFINITY, NAN, HUGE_VAL, HUGE_VALF, HUGE_VALL - floating-point constantsSYNOPSIS
#define _ISOC99_SOURCE /* See feature_test_macros(7) */
<math.h>
DESCRIPTION
The macro INFINITY expands to a float constant representing 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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