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NEXTAFTER(3P) POSIX Programmer's Manual NEXTAFTER(3P)
This manual page is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual. The Linux
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the interface may not be implemented on Linux.
nextafter, nextafterf, nextafterl, nexttoward, nexttowardf,
nexttowardl — next representable floating-point number
#include <math.h>
double nextafter(double x, double y);
float nextafterf(float x, float y);
long double nextafterl(long double x, long double y);
double nexttoward(double x, long double y);
float nexttowardf(float x, long double y);
long double nexttowardl(long double x, long double y);
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.1‐2008 defers to the ISO C standard.
The nextafter(), nextafterf(), and nextafterl() functions shall
compute the next representable floating-point value following x in
the direction of y. Thus, if y is less than x, nextafter() shall
return the largest representable floating-point number less than x.
The nextafter(), nextafterf(), and nextafterl() functions shall
return y if x equals y.
The nexttoward(), nexttowardf(), and nexttowardl() functions shall be
equivalent to the corresponding nextafter() functions, except that
the second parameter shall have type long double and the functions
shall return y converted to the type of the function if x equals y.
An application wishing to check for error situations should set errno
to zero and call feclearexcept(FE_ALL_EXCEPT) before calling these
functions. On return, if errno is non-zero or fetestexcept(FE_INVALID
| FE_DIVBYZERO | FE_OVERFLOW | FE_UNDERFLOW) is non-zero, an error
has occurred.
Upon successful completion, these functions shall return the next
representable floating-point value following x in the direction of y.
If x==y, y (of the type x) shall be returned.
If x is finite and the correct function value would overflow, a range
error shall occur and ±HUGE_VAL, ±HUGE_VALF, and ±HUGE_VALL (with the
same sign as x) shall be returned as appropriate for the return type
of the function.
If x or y is NaN, a NaN shall be returned.
If x!=y and the correct function value is subnormal, zero, or
underflows, a range error shall occur, and
the correct function value (if representable) or
0.0 shall be returned.
These functions shall fail if:
Range Error The correct value overflows.
If the integer expression (math_errhandling & MATH_ERRNO)
is non-zero, then errno shall be set to [ERANGE]. If the
integer expression (math_errhandling & MATH_ERREXCEPT) is
non-zero, then the overflow floating-point exception
shall be raised.
Range Error The correct value is subnormal or underflows.
If the integer expression (math_errhandling & MATH_ERRNO)
is non-zero, then errno shall be set to [ERANGE]. If the
integer expression (math_errhandling & MATH_ERREXCEPT) is
non-zero, then the underflow floating-point exception
shall be raised.
The following sections are informative.
None.
On error, the expressions (math_errhandling & MATH_ERRNO) and
(math_errhandling & MATH_ERREXCEPT) are independent of each other,
but at least one of them must be non-zero.
When <tgmath.h> is included, note that the return type of nextafter()
depends on the generic typing deduced from both arguments, while the
return type of nexttoward() depends only on the generic typing of the
first argument.
None.
None.
feclearexcept(3p), fetestexcept(3p)
The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1‐2008, Section 4.19, Treatment
of Error Conditions for Mathematical Functions, math.h(0p),
tgmath.h(0p)
Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form
from IEEE Std 1003.1, 2013 Edition, Standard for Information
Technology -- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open
Group Base Specifications Issue 7, Copyright (C) 2013 by the
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open
Group. (This is POSIX.1-2008 with the 2013 Technical Corrigendum 1
applied.) In the event of any discrepancy between this version and
the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and
The Open Group Standard is the referee document. The original
Standard can be obtained online at http://www.unix.org/online.html .
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