finitef(3)

finitef3

Bsd floating-point classification functions

Part of finite(3).

Usage

#include <math.h>

int finite(double x); int finitef(float x); int finitel(long double x);

int isinf(double x); int isinff(float x); int isinfl(long double x);

int isnan(double x); int isnanf(float x); int isnanl(long double x);

Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see feature_test_macros(7)):

finite(), finitef(), finitel():

    /* glibc >= 2.19: */ _DEFAULT_SOURCE
        || /* glibc <= 2.19: */ _BSD_SOURCE || _SVID_SOURCE

isinf():
_XOPEN_SOURCE >= 600 || _ISOC99_SOURCE
|| /* glibc >= 2.19: */ _DEFAULT_SOURCE
|| /* glibc <= 2.19: */ _BSD_SOURCE || _SVID_SOURCE

isinff(), isinfl():

    /* glibc >= 2.19: */ _DEFAULT_SOURCE
        || /* glibc <= 2.19: */ _BSD_SOURCE || _SVID_SOURCE

isnan():

    _XOPEN_SOURCE || _ISOC99_SOURCE
        || /* glibc >= 2.19: */ _DEFAULT_SOURCE
        || /* glibc <= 2.19: */ _BSD_SOURCE || _SVID_SOURCE

isnanf(), isnanl():

    _XOPEN_SOURCE >= 600
        || /* glibc >= 2.19: */ _DEFAULT_SOURCE
        || /* glibc <= 2.19: */ _BSD_SOURCE || _SVID_SOURCE

Library

Math library (libm, -lm)

Overview

The finite(), finitef(), and finitel() functions return a nonzero value if x is neither infinite nor a "not-a-number" (NaN) value, and 0 otherwise.

The isnan(), isnanf(), and isnanl() functions return a nonzero value if x is a NaN value, and 0 otherwise.

The isinf(), isinff(), and isinfl() functions return 1 if x is positive infinity, -1 if x is negative infinity, and 0 otherwise.

Attributes

For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7).

InterfaceAttributeValue
finite(), finitef(), finitel(), isinf(), isinff(), isinfl(), isnan(), isnanf(), isnanl()Thread safetyMT-Safe

Notes

Note that these functions are obsolete. C99 defines macros isfinite(), isinf(), and isnan() (for all types) replacing them. Further note that the C99 isinf() has weaker guarantees on the return value. See fpclassify(3).

Releases

12 releases since Debian 3.1 (Sarge); the text changed 11 times.

  1. 3.1
  2. 4.0
  3. 5.0
  4. 6.0
  5. 7
  6. 8
  7. 9
  8. 10
  9. 11
  10. 12
  11. 13
  12. Arch

From man-pages 6.19-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.