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Technical Reference: Base Operating System and Extensions, Volume 1

isnormal Macro

Purpose

Tests for a normal value.

Syntax

#include <math.h>

int isnormal (x)
real-floating x;

Description

The isnormal macro determines whether its argument value is normal (neither zero, subnormal, infinite, nor NaN) or not. An argument represented in a format wider than its semantic type is converted to its semantic type. Determination is based on the type of the argument.

Parameters

x Specifies the value to be tested.

Return Values

The isnormal macro returns a nonzero value if its argument has a normal value.

Related Information

fpclassify Macro, isfinite Macro, isinf Subroutine, class, _class, finite, isnan, or unordered Subroutines.

The signbit Subroutine in AIX 5L Version 5.2 Technical Reference: Base Operating System and Extensions Volume 2.

math.h in AIX 5L Version 5.2 Files Reference.

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