ISLESS

Section: POSIX Programmer's Manual (3P)
Updated: 2003
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NAME

isless - test if x is less than y  

SYNOPSIS

#include <math.h>

int isless(real-floating x, real-floating y);
 

DESCRIPTION

The isless() macro shall determine whether its first argument is less than its second argument. The value of isless( x, y) shall be equal to (x) < (y); however, unlike (x) < (y), isless( x, y) shall not raise the invalid floating-point exception when x and y are unordered.  

RETURN VALUE

Upon successful completion, the isless() macro shall return the value of (x) < (y).

If x or y is NaN, 0 shall be returned.  

ERRORS

No errors are defined.

The following sections are informative.  

EXAMPLES

None.  

APPLICATION USAGE

The relational and equality operators support the usual mathematical relationships between numeric values. For any ordered pair of numeric values, exactly one of the relationships (less, greater, and equal) is true. Relational operators may raise the invalid floating-point exception when argument values are NaNs. For a NaN and a numeric value, or for two NaNs, just the unordered relationship is true. This macro is a quiet (non-floating-point exception raising) version of a relational operator. It facilitates writing efficient code that accounts for NaNs without suffering the invalid floating-point exception. In the SYNOPSIS section, real-floating indicates that the argument shall be an expression of real-floating type.  

RATIONALE

None.  

FUTURE DIRECTIONS

None.  

SEE ALSO

isgreater(), isgreaterequal(), islessequal(), islessgreater(), isunordered(), the Base Definitions volume of IEEE Std 1003.1-2001, <math.h>  

COPYRIGHT

Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form from IEEE Std 1003.1, 2003 Edition, Standard for Information Technology -- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 6, Copyright (C) 2001-2003 by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group. 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.opengroup.org/unix/online.html .