NAG C Library Function Document

nag_create_nan (x07bbc)

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Purpose

nag_create_nan (x07bbc) creates a NaN (Not A Number).

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Specification

#include <nag.h>
#include <nagx07.h>
void  nag_create_nan (Integer quiet, double *x)

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Description

nag_create_nan (x07bbc) sets x to be a quiet or a signalling NaN (Not A Number).

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References

IEEE (2008) Standard for Floating-Point Arithmetic IEEE Standard 754-2008 IEEE, New York.

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Arguments

1:     quiet IntegerInput
On entry: determines whether a quiet or a signalling NaN is to be created. If quiet=1, the returned NaN is quiet, otherwise it is signalling. See reference IEEE (2008) for the distinction between the two kinds.
2:     x double *Output
On exit: the required NaN value.

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Error Indicators and Warnings

None.

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Accuracy

Not applicable.

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Parallelism and Performance

nag_create_nan (x07bbc) is not threaded in any implementation.

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Further Comments

None.

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Example

See Section 10 in nag_is_finite (x07aac).