Manpage of NAN

NAN

Section: NEWLIB (3)
Updated: 2005 Feb 23
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NAME

1.38 `nan', `nanf'--representation of "Not a Number"

SYNOPSIS

     #include <math.h>
     double nan(const char *);
     float nanf(const char *);

DESCRIPTION

`nan' and `nanf' return an IEEE NaN (Not a Number) in double- and single-precision arithmetic respectively. The argument is currently disregarded.

SEE ALSO

nan is part of the libm library. The full documentation for libm is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If info and libm are properly installed at your site, the command

: info libm

will give you access to the complete manual.

Index

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