fetestexcept(3p)

Usage

#include <fenv.h>

int fetestexcept(int excepts);

Prolog

This manual page is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual. The Linux implementation of this interface may differ (consult the corresponding Linux manual page for details of Linux behavior), or the interface may not be implemented on Linux.

Overview

The functionality described on this reference page is aligned with the ISO C standard. Any conflict between the requirements described here and the ISO C standard is unintentional. This volume of POSIX.1‐2017 defers to the ISO C standard.

The fetestexcept() function shall determine which of a specified subset of the floating-point exception flags are currently set. The excepts argument specifies the floating-point status flags to be queried.

Return value

The fetestexcept() function shall return the value of the bitwise-inclusive OR of the floating-point exception macros corresponding to the currently set floating-point exceptions included in excepts.

Errors

No errors are defined.

The following sections are informative.

Examples

The following example calls function f() if an invalid exception is set, and then function g() if an overflow exception is set:

#include <fenv.h>
/* ... */
{
    #pragma STDC FENV_ACCESS ON
    int set_excepts;
    feclearexcept(FE_INVALID | FE_OVERFLOW);
    // maybe raise exceptions
    set_excepts = fetestexcept(FE_INVALID | FE_OVERFLOW);
    if (set_excepts & FE_INVALID) f();
    if (set_excepts & FE_OVERFLOW) g();
    /* ... */
}

Application usage

None.

Rationale

None.

Future directions

None.