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This is libc.info, produced by makeinfo version 5.1 from libc.texinfo.
This is The GNU C Library Reference Manual, for version 2.33 (GNU).
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INFO-DIR-SECTION Software libraries
START-INFO-DIR-ENTRY
* Libc: (libc). C library.
END-INFO-DIR-ENTRY
INFO-DIR-SECTION GNU C library functions and macros
START-INFO-DIR-ENTRY
* ALTWERASE: (libc)Local Modes.
* ARGP_ERR_UNKNOWN: (libc)Argp Parser Functions.
* ARG_MAX: (libc)General Limits.
* BC_BASE_MAX: (libc)Utility Limits.
* BC_DIM_MAX: (libc)Utility Limits.
* BC_SCALE_MAX: (libc)Utility Limits.
* BC_STRING_MAX: (libc)Utility Limits.
* BRKINT: (libc)Input Modes.
* BUFSIZ: (libc)Controlling Buffering.
* CCTS_OFLOW: (libc)Control Modes.
* CHAR_BIT: (libc)Width of Type.
* CHILD_MAX: (libc)General Limits.
* CIGNORE: (libc)Control Modes.
* CLK_TCK: (libc)Processor Time.
* CLOCAL: (libc)Control Modes.
* CLOCKS_PER_SEC: (libc)CPU Time.
* CLOCK_MONOTONIC: (libc)Getting the Time.
* CLOCK_REALTIME: (libc)Getting the Time.
* COLL_WEIGHTS_MAX: (libc)Utility Limits.
* CPU_CLR: (libc)CPU Affinity.
* CPU_FEATURE_USABLE: (libc)X86.
* CPU_ISSET: (libc)CPU Affinity.
* CPU_SET: (libc)CPU Affinity.
* CPU_SETSIZE: (libc)CPU Affinity.
* CPU_ZERO: (libc)CPU Affinity.
* CREAD: (libc)Control Modes.
* CRTS_IFLOW: (libc)Control Modes.
* CS5: (libc)Control Modes.
* CS6: (libc)Control Modes.
* CS7: (libc)Control Modes.
* CS8: (libc)Control Modes.
* CSIZE: (libc)Control Modes.
* CSTOPB: (libc)Control Modes.
* DTTOIF: (libc)Directory Entries.
* E2BIG: (libc)Error Codes.
* EACCES: (libc)Error Codes.
* EADDRINUSE: (libc)Error Codes.
* EADDRNOTAVAIL: (libc)Error Codes.
* EADV: (libc)Error Codes.
* EAFNOSUPPORT: (libc)Error Codes.
* EAGAIN: (libc)Error Codes.
* EALREADY: (libc)Error Codes.
* EAUTH: (libc)Error Codes.
* EBACKGROUND: (libc)Error Codes.
* EBADE: (libc)Error Codes.
* EBADF: (libc)Error Codes.
* EBADFD: (libc)Error Codes.
* EBADMSG: (libc)Error Codes.
* EBADR: (libc)Error Codes.
* EBADRPC: (libc)Error Codes.
* EBADRQC: (libc)Error Codes.
* EBADSLT: (libc)Error Codes.
* EBFONT: (libc)Error Codes.
* EBUSY: (libc)Error Codes.
* ECANCELED: (libc)Error Codes.
* ECHILD: (libc)Error Codes.
* ECHO: (libc)Local Modes.
* ECHOCTL: (libc)Local Modes.
* ECHOE: (libc)Local Modes.
* ECHOK: (libc)Local Modes.
* ECHOKE: (libc)Local Modes.
* ECHONL: (libc)Local Modes.
* ECHOPRT: (libc)Local Modes.
* ECHRNG: (libc)Error Codes.
* ECOMM: (libc)Error Codes.
* ECONNABORTED: (libc)Error Codes.
* ECONNREFUSED: (libc)Error Codes.
* ECONNRESET: (libc)Error Codes.
* ED: (libc)Error Codes.
* EDEADLK: (libc)Error Codes.
* EDEADLOCK: (libc)Error Codes.
* EDESTADDRREQ: (libc)Error Codes.
* EDIED: (libc)Error Codes.
* EDOM: (libc)Error Codes.
* EDOTDOT: (libc)Error Codes.
* EDQUOT: (libc)Error Codes.
* EEXIST: (libc)Error Codes.
* EFAULT: (libc)Error Codes.
* EFBIG: (libc)Error Codes.
* EFTYPE: (libc)Error Codes.
* EGRATUITOUS: (libc)Error Codes.
* EGREGIOUS: (libc)Error Codes.
* EHOSTDOWN: (libc)Error Codes.
* EHOSTUNREACH: (libc)Error Codes.
* EHWPOISON: (libc)Error Codes.
* EIDRM: (libc)Error Codes.
* EIEIO: (libc)Error Codes.
* EILSEQ: (libc)Error Codes.
* EINPROGRESS: (libc)Error Codes.
* EINTR: (libc)Error Codes.
* EINVAL: (libc)Error Codes.
* EIO: (libc)Error Codes.
* EISCONN: (libc)Error Codes.
* EISDIR: (libc)Error Codes.
* EISNAM: (libc)Error Codes.
* EKEYEXPIRED: (libc)Error Codes.
* EKEYREJECTED: (libc)Error Codes.
* EKEYREVOKED: (libc)Error Codes.
* EL2HLT: (libc)Error Codes.
* EL2NSYNC: (libc)Error Codes.
* EL3HLT: (libc)Error Codes.
* EL3RST: (libc)Error Codes.
* ELIBACC: (libc)Error Codes.
* ELIBBAD: (libc)Error Codes.
* ELIBEXEC: (libc)Error Codes.
* ELIBMAX: (libc)Error Codes.
* ELIBSCN: (libc)Error Codes.
* ELNRNG: (libc)Error Codes.
* ELOOP: (libc)Error Codes.
* EMEDIUMTYPE: (libc)Error Codes.
* EMFILE: (libc)Error Codes.
* EMLINK: (libc)Error Codes.
* EMSGSIZE: (libc)Error Codes.
* EMULTIHOP: (libc)Error Codes.
* ENAMETOOLONG: (libc)Error Codes.
* ENAVAIL: (libc)Error Codes.
* ENEEDAUTH: (libc)Error Codes.
* ENETDOWN: (libc)Error Codes.
* ENETRESET: (libc)Error Codes.
* ENETUNREACH: (libc)Error Codes.
* ENFILE: (libc)Error Codes.
* ENOANO: (libc)Error Codes.
* ENOBUFS: (libc)Error Codes.
* ENOCSI: (libc)Error Codes.
* ENODATA: (libc)Error Codes.
* ENODEV: (libc)Error Codes.
* ENOENT: (libc)Error Codes.
* ENOEXEC: (libc)Error Codes.
* ENOKEY: (libc)Error Codes.
* ENOLCK: (libc)Error Codes.
* ENOLINK: (libc)Error Codes.
* ENOMEDIUM: (libc)Error Codes.
* ENOMEM: (libc)Error Codes.
* ENOMSG: (libc)Error Codes.
* ENONET: (libc)Error Codes.
* ENOPKG: (libc)Error Codes.
* ENOPROTOOPT: (libc)Error Codes.
* ENOSPC: (libc)Error Codes.
* ENOSR: (libc)Error Codes.
* ENOSTR: (libc)Error Codes.
* ENOSYS: (libc)Error Codes.
* ENOTBLK: (libc)Error Codes.
* ENOTCONN: (libc)Error Codes.
* ENOTDIR: (libc)Error Codes.
* ENOTEMPTY: (libc)Error Codes.
* ENOTNAM: (libc)Error Codes.
* ENOTRECOVERABLE: (libc)Error Codes.
* ENOTSOCK: (libc)Error Codes.
* ENOTSUP: (libc)Error Codes.
* ENOTTY: (libc)Error Codes.
* ENOTUNIQ: (libc)Error Codes.
* ENXIO: (libc)Error Codes.
* EOF: (libc)EOF and Errors.
* EOPNOTSUPP: (libc)Error Codes.
* EOVERFLOW: (libc)Error Codes.
* EOWNERDEAD: (libc)Error Codes.
* EPERM: (libc)Error Codes.
* EPFNOSUPPORT: (libc)Error Codes.
* EPIPE: (libc)Error Codes.
* EPROCLIM: (libc)Error Codes.
* EPROCUNAVAIL: (libc)Error Codes.
* EPROGMISMATCH: (libc)Error Codes.
* EPROGUNAVAIL: (libc)Error Codes.
* EPROTO: (libc)Error Codes.
* EPROTONOSUPPORT: (libc)Error Codes.
* EPROTOTYPE: (libc)Error Codes.
* EQUIV_CLASS_MAX: (libc)Utility Limits.
* ERANGE: (libc)Error Codes.
* EREMCHG: (libc)Error Codes.
* EREMOTE: (libc)Error Codes.
* EREMOTEIO: (libc)Error Codes.
* ERESTART: (libc)Error Codes.
* ERFKILL: (libc)Error Codes.
* EROFS: (libc)Error Codes.
* ERPCMISMATCH: (libc)Error Codes.
* ESHUTDOWN: (libc)Error Codes.
* ESOCKTNOSUPPORT: (libc)Error Codes.
* ESPIPE: (libc)Error Codes.
* ESRCH: (libc)Error Codes.
* ESRMNT: (libc)Error Codes.
* ESTALE: (libc)Error Codes.
* ESTRPIPE: (libc)Error Codes.
* ETIME: (libc)Error Codes.
* ETIMEDOUT: (libc)Error Codes.
* ETOOMANYREFS: (libc)Error Codes.
* ETXTBSY: (libc)Error Codes.
* EUCLEAN: (libc)Error Codes.
* EUNATCH: (libc)Error Codes.
* EUSERS: (libc)Error Codes.
* EWOULDBLOCK: (libc)Error Codes.
* EXDEV: (libc)Error Codes.
* EXFULL: (libc)Error Codes.
* EXIT_FAILURE: (libc)Exit Status.
* EXIT_SUCCESS: (libc)Exit Status.
* EXPR_NEST_MAX: (libc)Utility Limits.
* FD_CLOEXEC: (libc)Descriptor Flags.
* FD_CLR: (libc)Waiting for I/O.
* FD_ISSET: (libc)Waiting for I/O.
* FD_SET: (libc)Waiting for I/O.
* FD_SETSIZE: (libc)Waiting for I/O.
* FD_ZERO: (libc)Waiting for I/O.
* FE_SNANS_ALWAYS_SIGNAL: (libc)Infinity and NaN.
* FILENAME_MAX: (libc)Limits for Files.
* FLUSHO: (libc)Local Modes.
* FOPEN_MAX: (libc)Opening Streams.
* FP_ILOGB0: (libc)Exponents and Logarithms.
* FP_ILOGBNAN: (libc)Exponents and Logarithms.
* FP_LLOGB0: (libc)Exponents and Logarithms.
* FP_LLOGBNAN: (libc)Exponents and Logarithms.
* F_DUPFD: (libc)Duplicating Descriptors.
* F_GETFD: (libc)Descriptor Flags.
* F_GETFL: (libc)Getting File Status Flags.
* F_GETLK: (libc)File Locks.
* F_GETOWN: (libc)Interrupt Input.
* F_OFD_GETLK: (libc)Open File Description Locks.
* F_OFD_SETLK: (libc)Open File Description Locks.
* F_OFD_SETLKW: (libc)Open File Description Locks.
* F_OK: (libc)Testing File Access.
* F_SETFD: (libc)Descriptor Flags.
* F_SETFL: (libc)Getting File Status Flags.
* F_SETLK: (libc)File Locks.
* F_SETLKW: (libc)File Locks.
* F_SETOWN: (libc)Interrupt Input.
* HAS_CPU_FEATURE: (libc)X86.
* HUGE_VAL: (libc)Math Error Reporting.
* HUGE_VALF: (libc)Math Error Reporting.
* HUGE_VALL: (libc)Math Error Reporting.
* HUGE_VAL_FN: (libc)Math Error Reporting.
* HUGE_VAL_FNx: (libc)Math Error Reporting.
* HUPCL: (libc)Control Modes.
* I: (libc)Complex Numbers.
* ICANON: (libc)Local Modes.
* ICRNL: (libc)Input Modes.
* IEXTEN: (libc)Local Modes.
* IFNAMSIZ: (libc)Interface Naming.
* IFTODT: (libc)Directory Entries.
* IGNBRK: (libc)Input Modes.
* IGNCR: (libc)Input Modes.
* IGNPAR: (libc)Input Modes.
* IMAXBEL: (libc)Input Modes.
* INADDR_ANY: (libc)Host Address Data Type.
* INADDR_BROADCAST: (libc)Host Address Data Type.
* INADDR_LOOPBACK: (libc)Host Address Data Type.
* INADDR_NONE: (libc)Host Address Data Type.
* INFINITY: (libc)Infinity and NaN.
* INLCR: (libc)Input Modes.
* INPCK: (libc)Input Modes.
* IPPORT_RESERVED: (libc)Ports.
* IPPORT_USERRESERVED: (libc)Ports.
* ISIG: (libc)Local Modes.
* ISTRIP: (libc)Input Modes.
* IXANY: (libc)Input Modes.
* IXOFF: (libc)Input Modes.
* IXON: (libc)Input Modes.
* LINE_MAX: (libc)Utility Limits.
* LINK_MAX: (libc)Limits for Files.
* L_ctermid: (libc)Identifying the Terminal.
* L_cuserid: (libc)Who Logged In.
* L_tmpnam: (libc)Temporary Files.
* MAXNAMLEN: (libc)Limits for Files.
* MAXSYMLINKS: (libc)Symbolic Links.
* MAX_CANON: (libc)Limits for Files.
* MAX_INPUT: (libc)Limits for Files.
* MB_CUR_MAX: (libc)Selecting the Conversion.
* MB_LEN_MAX: (libc)Selecting the Conversion.
* MDMBUF: (libc)Control Modes.
* MSG_DONTROUTE: (libc)Socket Data Options.
* MSG_OOB: (libc)Socket Data Options.
* MSG_PEEK: (libc)Socket Data Options.
* NAME_MAX: (libc)Limits for Files.
* NAN: (libc)Infinity and NaN.
* NCCS: (libc)Mode Data Types.
* NGROUPS_MAX: (libc)General Limits.
* NOFLSH: (libc)Local Modes.
* NOKERNINFO: (libc)Local Modes.
* NSIG: (libc)Standard Signals.
* NULL: (libc)Null Pointer Constant.
* ONLCR: (libc)Output Modes.
* ONOEOT: (libc)Output Modes.
* OPEN_MAX: (libc)General Limits.
* OPOST: (libc)Output Modes.
* OXTABS: (libc)Output Modes.
* O_ACCMODE: (libc)Access Modes.
* O_APPEND: (libc)Operating Modes.
* O_ASYNC: (libc)Operating Modes.
* O_CREAT: (libc)Open-time Flags.
* O_DIRECTORY: (libc)Open-time Flags.
* O_EXCL: (libc)Open-time Flags.
* O_EXEC: (libc)Access Modes.
* O_EXLOCK: (libc)Open-time Flags.
* O_FSYNC: (libc)Operating Modes.
* O_IGNORE_CTTY: (libc)Open-time Flags.
* O_NDELAY: (libc)Operating Modes.
* O_NOATIME: (libc)Operating Modes.
* O_NOCTTY: (libc)Open-time Flags.
* O_NOFOLLOW: (libc)Open-time Flags.
* O_NOLINK: (libc)Open-time Flags.
* O_NONBLOCK: (libc)Open-time Flags.
* O_NONBLOCK: (libc)Operating Modes.
* O_NOTRANS: (libc)Open-time Flags.
* O_PATH: (libc)Access Modes.
* O_RDONLY: (libc)Access Modes.
* O_RDWR: (libc)Access Modes.
* O_READ: (libc)Access Modes.
* O_SHLOCK: (libc)Open-time Flags.
* O_SYNC: (libc)Operating Modes.
* O_TMPFILE: (libc)Open-time Flags.
* O_TRUNC: (libc)Open-time Flags.
* O_WRITE: (libc)Access Modes.
* O_WRONLY: (libc)Access Modes.
* PARENB: (libc)Control Modes.
* PARMRK: (libc)Input Modes.
* PARODD: (libc)Control Modes.
* PATH_MAX: (libc)Limits for Files.
* PA_FLAG_MASK: (libc)Parsing a Template String.
* PENDIN: (libc)Local Modes.
* PF_FILE: (libc)Local Namespace Details.
* PF_INET6: (libc)Internet Namespace.
* PF_INET: (libc)Internet Namespace.
* PF_LOCAL: (libc)Local Namespace Details.
* PF_UNIX: (libc)Local Namespace Details.
* PIPE_BUF: (libc)Limits for Files.
* PTHREAD_ATTR_NO_SIGMASK_NP: (libc)Initial Thread Signal Mask.
* P_tmpdir: (libc)Temporary Files.
* RAND_MAX: (libc)ISO Random.
* RE_DUP_MAX: (libc)General Limits.
* RLIM_INFINITY: (libc)Limits on Resources.
* R_OK: (libc)Testing File Access.
* SA_NOCLDSTOP: (libc)Flags for Sigaction.
* SA_ONSTACK: (libc)Flags for Sigaction.
* SA_RESTART: (libc)Flags for Sigaction.
* SEEK_CUR: (libc)File Positioning.
* SEEK_END: (libc)File Positioning.
* SEEK_SET: (libc)File Positioning.
* SIGABRT: (libc)Program Error Signals.
* SIGALRM: (libc)Alarm Signals.
* SIGBUS: (libc)Program Error Signals.
* SIGCHLD: (libc)Job Control Signals.
* SIGCLD: (libc)Job Control Signals.
* SIGCONT: (libc)Job Control Signals.
* SIGEMT: (libc)Program Error Signals.
* SIGFPE: (libc)Program Error Signals.
* SIGHUP: (libc)Termination Signals.
* SIGILL: (libc)Program Error Signals.
* SIGINFO: (libc)Miscellaneous Signals.
* SIGINT: (libc)Termination Signals.
* SIGIO: (libc)Asynchronous I/O Signals.
* SIGIOT: (libc)Program Error Signals.
* SIGKILL: (libc)Termination Signals.
* SIGLOST: (libc)Operation Error Signals.
* SIGPIPE: (libc)Operation Error Signals.
* SIGPOLL: (libc)Asynchronous I/O Signals.
* SIGPROF: (libc)Alarm Signals.
* SIGQUIT: (libc)Termination Signals.
* SIGSEGV: (libc)Program Error Signals.
* SIGSTOP: (libc)Job Control Signals.
* SIGSYS: (libc)Program Error Signals.
* SIGTERM: (libc)Termination Signals.
* SIGTRAP: (libc)Program Error Signals.
* SIGTSTP: (libc)Job Control Signals.
* SIGTTIN: (libc)Job Control Signals.
* SIGTTOU: (libc)Job Control Signals.
* SIGURG: (libc)Asynchronous I/O Signals.
* SIGUSR1: (libc)Miscellaneous Signals.
* SIGUSR2: (libc)Miscellaneous Signals.
* SIGVTALRM: (libc)Alarm Signals.
* SIGWINCH: (libc)Miscellaneous Signals.
* SIGXCPU: (libc)Operation Error Signals.
* SIGXFSZ: (libc)Operation Error Signals.
* SIG_ERR: (libc)Basic Signal Handling.
* SNAN: (libc)Infinity and NaN.
* SNANF: (libc)Infinity and NaN.
* SNANFN: (libc)Infinity and NaN.
* SNANFNx: (libc)Infinity and NaN.
* SNANL: (libc)Infinity and NaN.
* SOCK_DGRAM: (libc)Communication Styles.
* SOCK_RAW: (libc)Communication Styles.
* SOCK_RDM: (libc)Communication Styles.
* SOCK_SEQPACKET: (libc)Communication Styles.
* SOCK_STREAM: (libc)Communication Styles.
* SOL_SOCKET: (libc)Socket-Level Options.
* SSIZE_MAX: (libc)General Limits.
* STREAM_MAX: (libc)General Limits.
* SUN_LEN: (libc)Local Namespace Details.
* S_IFMT: (libc)Testing File Type.
* S_ISBLK: (libc)Testing File Type.
* S_ISCHR: (libc)Testing File Type.
* S_ISDIR: (libc)Testing File Type.
* S_ISFIFO: (libc)Testing File Type.
* S_ISLNK: (libc)Testing File Type.
* S_ISREG: (libc)Testing File Type.
* S_ISSOCK: (libc)Testing File Type.
* S_TYPEISMQ: (libc)Testing File Type.
* S_TYPEISSEM: (libc)Testing File Type.
* S_TYPEISSHM: (libc)Testing File Type.
* TMP_MAX: (libc)Temporary Files.
* TOSTOP: (libc)Local Modes.
* TZNAME_MAX: (libc)General Limits.
* VDISCARD: (libc)Other Special.
* VDSUSP: (libc)Signal Characters.
* VEOF: (libc)Editing Characters.
* VEOL2: (libc)Editing Characters.
* VEOL: (libc)Editing Characters.
* VERASE: (libc)Editing Characters.
* VINTR: (libc)Signal Characters.
* VKILL: (libc)Editing Characters.
* VLNEXT: (libc)Other Special.
* VMIN: (libc)Noncanonical Input.
* VQUIT: (libc)Signal Characters.
* VREPRINT: (libc)Editing Characters.
* VSTART: (libc)Start/Stop Characters.
* VSTATUS: (libc)Other Special.
* VSTOP: (libc)Start/Stop Characters.
* VSUSP: (libc)Signal Characters.
* VTIME: (libc)Noncanonical Input.
* VWERASE: (libc)Editing Characters.
* WCHAR_MAX: (libc)Extended Char Intro.
* WCHAR_MIN: (libc)Extended Char Intro.
* WCOREDUMP: (libc)Process Completion Status.
* WEOF: (libc)EOF and Errors.
* WEOF: (libc)Extended Char Intro.
* WEXITSTATUS: (libc)Process Completion Status.
* WIFEXITED: (libc)Process Completion Status.
* WIFSIGNALED: (libc)Process Completion Status.
* WIFSTOPPED: (libc)Process Completion Status.
* WSTOPSIG: (libc)Process Completion Status.
* WTERMSIG: (libc)Process Completion Status.
* W_OK: (libc)Testing File Access.
* X_OK: (libc)Testing File Access.
* _Complex_I: (libc)Complex Numbers.
* _Exit: (libc)Termination Internals.
* _IOFBF: (libc)Controlling Buffering.
* _IOLBF: (libc)Controlling Buffering.
* _IONBF: (libc)Controlling Buffering.
* _Imaginary_I: (libc)Complex Numbers.
* _PATH_UTMP: (libc)Manipulating the Database.
* _PATH_WTMP: (libc)Manipulating the Database.
* _POSIX2_C_DEV: (libc)System Options.
* _POSIX2_C_VERSION: (libc)Version Supported.
* _POSIX2_FORT_DEV: (libc)System Options.
* _POSIX2_FORT_RUN: (libc)System Options.
* _POSIX2_LOCALEDEF: (libc)System Options.
* _POSIX2_SW_DEV: (libc)System Options.
* _POSIX_CHOWN_RESTRICTED: (libc)Options for Files.
* _POSIX_JOB_CONTROL: (libc)System Options.
* _POSIX_NO_TRUNC: (libc)Options for Files.
* _POSIX_SAVED_IDS: (libc)System Options.
* _POSIX_VDISABLE: (libc)Options for Files.
* _POSIX_VERSION: (libc)Version Supported.
* __fbufsize: (libc)Controlling Buffering.
* __flbf: (libc)Controlling Buffering.
* __fpending: (libc)Controlling Buffering.
* __fpurge: (libc)Flushing Buffers.
* __freadable: (libc)Opening Streams.
* __freading: (libc)Opening Streams.
* __fsetlocking: (libc)Streams and Threads.
* __fwritable: (libc)Opening Streams.
* __fwriting: (libc)Opening Streams.
* __gconv_end_fct: (libc)glibc iconv Implementation.
* __gconv_fct: (libc)glibc iconv Implementation.
* __gconv_init_fct: (libc)glibc iconv Implementation.
* __ppc_get_timebase: (libc)PowerPC.
* __ppc_get_timebase_freq: (libc)PowerPC.
* __ppc_mdoio: (libc)PowerPC.
* __ppc_mdoom: (libc)PowerPC.
* __ppc_set_ppr_low: (libc)PowerPC.
* __ppc_set_ppr_med: (libc)PowerPC.
* __ppc_set_ppr_med_high: (libc)PowerPC.
* __ppc_set_ppr_med_low: (libc)PowerPC.
* __ppc_set_ppr_very_low: (libc)PowerPC.
* __ppc_yield: (libc)PowerPC.
* __riscv_flush_icache: (libc)RISC-V.
* __va_copy: (libc)Argument Macros.
* __x86_get_cpuid_feature_leaf: (libc)X86.
* _exit: (libc)Termination Internals.
* _flushlbf: (libc)Flushing Buffers.
* _tolower: (libc)Case Conversion.
* _toupper: (libc)Case Conversion.
* a64l: (libc)Encode Binary Data.
* abort: (libc)Aborting a Program.
* abs: (libc)Absolute Value.
* accept: (libc)Accepting Connections.
* access: (libc)Testing File Access.
* acos: (libc)Inverse Trig Functions.
* acosf: (libc)Inverse Trig Functions.
* acosfN: (libc)Inverse Trig Functions.
* acosfNx: (libc)Inverse Trig Functions.
* acosh: (libc)Hyperbolic Functions.
* acoshf: (libc)Hyperbolic Functions.
* acoshfN: (libc)Hyperbolic Functions.
* acoshfNx: (libc)Hyperbolic Functions.
* acoshl: (libc)Hyperbolic Functions.
* acosl: (libc)Inverse Trig Functions.
* addmntent: (libc)mtab.
* addseverity: (libc)Adding Severity Classes.
* adjtime: (libc)Setting and Adjusting the Time.
* adjtimex: (libc)Setting and Adjusting the Time.
* aio_cancel64: (libc)Cancel AIO Operations.
* aio_cancel: (libc)Cancel AIO Operations.
* aio_error64: (libc)Status of AIO Operations.
* aio_error: (libc)Status of AIO Operations.
* aio_fsync64: (libc)Synchronizing AIO Operations.
* aio_fsync: (libc)Synchronizing AIO Operations.
* aio_init: (libc)Configuration of AIO.
* aio_read64: (libc)Asynchronous Reads/Writes.
* aio_read: (libc)Asynchronous Reads/Writes.
* aio_return64: (libc)Status of AIO Operations.
* aio_return: (libc)Status of AIO Operations.
* aio_suspend64: (libc)Synchronizing AIO Operations.
* aio_suspend: (libc)Synchronizing AIO Operations.
* aio_write64: (libc)Asynchronous Reads/Writes.
* aio_write: (libc)Asynchronous Reads/Writes.
* alarm: (libc)Setting an Alarm.
* aligned_alloc: (libc)Aligned Memory Blocks.
* alloca: (libc)Variable Size Automatic.
* alphasort64: (libc)Scanning Directory Content.
* alphasort: (libc)Scanning Directory Content.
* argp_error: (libc)Argp Helper Functions.
* argp_failure: (libc)Argp Helper Functions.
* argp_help: (libc)Argp Help.
* argp_parse: (libc)Argp.
* argp_state_help: (libc)Argp Helper Functions.
* argp_usage: (libc)Argp Helper Functions.
* argz_add: (libc)Argz Functions.
* argz_add_sep: (libc)Argz Functions.
* argz_append: (libc)Argz Functions.
* argz_count: (libc)Argz Functions.
* argz_create: (libc)Argz Functions.
* argz_create_sep: (libc)Argz Functions.
* argz_delete: (libc)Argz Functions.
* argz_extract: (libc)Argz Functions.
* argz_insert: (libc)Argz Functions.
* argz_next: (libc)Argz Functions.
* argz_replace: (libc)Argz Functions.
* argz_stringify: (libc)Argz Functions.
* asctime: (libc)Formatting Calendar Time.
* asctime_r: (libc)Formatting Calendar Time.
* asin: (libc)Inverse Trig Functions.
* asinf: (libc)Inverse Trig Functions.
* asinfN: (libc)Inverse Trig Functions.
* asinfNx: (libc)Inverse Trig Functions.
* asinh: (libc)Hyperbolic Functions.
* asinhf: (libc)Hyperbolic Functions.
* asinhfN: (libc)Hyperbolic Functions.
* asinhfNx: (libc)Hyperbolic Functions.
* asinhl: (libc)Hyperbolic Functions.
* asinl: (libc)Inverse Trig Functions.
* asprintf: (libc)Dynamic Output.
* assert: (libc)Consistency Checking.
* assert_perror: (libc)Consistency Checking.
* atan2: (libc)Inverse Trig Functions.
* atan2f: (libc)Inverse Trig Functions.
* atan2fN: (libc)Inverse Trig Functions.
* atan2fNx: (libc)Inverse Trig Functions.
* atan2l: (libc)Inverse Trig Functions.
* atan: (libc)Inverse Trig Functions.
* atanf: (libc)Inverse Trig Functions.
* atanfN: (libc)Inverse Trig Functions.
* atanfNx: (libc)Inverse Trig Functions.
* atanh: (libc)Hyperbolic Functions.
* atanhf: (libc)Hyperbolic Functions.
* atanhfN: (libc)Hyperbolic Functions.
* atanhfNx: (libc)Hyperbolic Functions.
* atanhl: (libc)Hyperbolic Functions.
* atanl: (libc)Inverse Trig Functions.
* atexit: (libc)Cleanups on Exit.
* atof: (libc)Parsing of Floats.
* atoi: (libc)Parsing of Integers.
* atol: (libc)Parsing of Integers.
* atoll: (libc)Parsing of Integers.
* backtrace: (libc)Backtraces.
* backtrace_symbols: (libc)Backtraces.
* backtrace_symbols_fd: (libc)Backtraces.
* basename: (libc)Finding Tokens in a String.
* basename: (libc)Finding Tokens in a String.
* bcmp: (libc)String/Array Comparison.
* bcopy: (libc)Copying Strings and Arrays.
* bind: (libc)Setting Address.
* bind_textdomain_codeset: (libc)Charset conversion in gettext.
* bindtextdomain: (libc)Locating gettext catalog.
* brk: (libc)Resizing the Data Segment.
* bsearch: (libc)Array Search Function.
* btowc: (libc)Converting a Character.
* bzero: (libc)Copying Strings and Arrays.
* cabs: (libc)Absolute Value.
* cabsf: (libc)Absolute Value.
* cabsfN: (libc)Absolute Value.
* cabsfNx: (libc)Absolute Value.
* cabsl: (libc)Absolute Value.
* cacos: (libc)Inverse Trig Functions.
* cacosf: (libc)Inverse Trig Functions.
* cacosfN: (libc)Inverse Trig Functions.
* cacosfNx: (libc)Inverse Trig Functions.
* cacosh: (libc)Hyperbolic Functions.
* cacoshf: (libc)Hyperbolic Functions.
* cacoshfN: (libc)Hyperbolic Functions.
* cacoshfNx: (libc)Hyperbolic Functions.
* cacoshl: (libc)Hyperbolic Functions.
* cacosl: (libc)Inverse Trig Functions.
* call_once: (libc)Call Once.
* calloc: (libc)Allocating Cleared Space.
* canonicalize: (libc)FP Bit Twiddling.
* canonicalize_file_name: (libc)Symbolic Links.
* canonicalizef: (libc)FP Bit Twiddling.
* canonicalizefN: (libc)FP Bit Twiddling.
* canonicalizefNx: (libc)FP Bit Twiddling.
* canonicalizel: (libc)FP Bit Twiddling.
* carg: (libc)Operations on Complex.
* cargf: (libc)Operations on Complex.
* cargfN: (libc)Operations on Complex.
* cargfNx: (libc)Operations on Complex.
* cargl: (libc)Operations on Complex.
* casin: (libc)Inverse Trig Functions.
* casinf: (libc)Inverse Trig Functions.
* casinfN: (libc)Inverse Trig Functions.
* casinfNx: (libc)Inverse Trig Functions.
* casinh: (libc)Hyperbolic Functions.
* casinhf: (libc)Hyperbolic Functions.
* casinhfN: (libc)Hyperbolic Functions.
* casinhfNx: (libc)Hyperbolic Functions.
* casinhl: (libc)Hyperbolic Functions.
* casinl: (libc)Inverse Trig Functions.
* catan: (libc)Inverse Trig Functions.
* catanf: (libc)Inverse Trig Functions.
* catanfN: (libc)Inverse Trig Functions.
* catanfNx: (libc)Inverse Trig Functions.
* catanh: (libc)Hyperbolic Functions.
* catanhf: (libc)Hyperbolic Functions.
* catanhfN: (libc)Hyperbolic Functions.
* catanhfNx: (libc)Hyperbolic Functions.
* catanhl: (libc)Hyperbolic Functions.
* catanl: (libc)Inverse Trig Functions.
* catclose: (libc)The catgets Functions.
* catgets: (libc)The catgets Functions.
* catopen: (libc)The catgets Functions.
* cbrt: (libc)Exponents and Logarithms.
* cbrtf: (libc)Exponents and Logarithms.
* cbrtfN: (libc)Exponents and Logarithms.
* cbrtfNx: (libc)Exponents and Logarithms.
* cbrtl: (libc)Exponents and Logarithms.
* ccos: (libc)Trig Functions.
* ccosf: (libc)Trig Functions.
* ccosfN: (libc)Trig Functions.
* ccosfNx: (libc)Trig Functions.
* ccosh: (libc)Hyperbolic Functions.
* ccoshf: (libc)Hyperbolic Functions.
* ccoshfN: (libc)Hyperbolic Functions.
* ccoshfNx: (libc)Hyperbolic Functions.
* ccoshl: (libc)Hyperbolic Functions.
* ccosl: (libc)Trig Functions.
* ceil: (libc)Rounding Functions.
* ceilf: (libc)Rounding Functions.
* ceilfN: (libc)Rounding Functions.
* ceilfNx: (libc)Rounding Functions.
* ceill: (libc)Rounding Functions.
* cexp: (libc)Exponents and Logarithms.
* cexpf: (libc)Exponents and Logarithms.
* cexpfN: (libc)Exponents and Logarithms.
* cexpfNx: (libc)Exponents and Logarithms.
* cexpl: (libc)Exponents and Logarithms.
* cfgetispeed: (libc)Line Speed.
* cfgetospeed: (libc)Line Speed.
* cfmakeraw: (libc)Noncanonical Input.
* cfsetispeed: (libc)Line Speed.
* cfsetospeed: (libc)Line Speed.
* cfsetspeed: (libc)Line Speed.
* chdir: (libc)Working Directory.
* chmod: (libc)Setting Permissions.
* chown: (libc)File Owner.
* cimag: (libc)Operations on Complex.
* cimagf: (libc)Operations on Complex.
* cimagfN: (libc)Operations on Complex.
* cimagfNx: (libc)Operations on Complex.
* cimagl: (libc)Operations on Complex.
* clearenv: (libc)Environment Access.
* clearerr: (libc)Error Recovery.
* clearerr_unlocked: (libc)Error Recovery.
* clock: (libc)CPU Time.
* clock_getres: (libc)Getting the Time.
* clock_gettime: (libc)Getting the Time.
* clock_settime: (libc)Setting and Adjusting the Time.
* clog10: (libc)Exponents and Logarithms.
* clog10f: (libc)Exponents and Logarithms.
* clog10fN: (libc)Exponents and Logarithms.
* clog10fNx: (libc)Exponents and Logarithms.
* clog10l: (libc)Exponents and Logarithms.
* clog: (libc)Exponents and Logarithms.
* clogf: (libc)Exponents and Logarithms.
* clogfN: (libc)Exponents and Logarithms.
* clogfNx: (libc)Exponents and Logarithms.
* clogl: (libc)Exponents and Logarithms.
* close: (libc)Opening and Closing Files.
* closedir: (libc)Reading/Closing Directory.
* closelog: (libc)closelog.
* cnd_broadcast: (libc)ISO C Condition Variables.
* cnd_destroy: (libc)ISO C Condition Variables.
* cnd_init: (libc)ISO C Condition Variables.
* cnd_signal: (libc)ISO C Condition Variables.
* cnd_timedwait: (libc)ISO C Condition Variables.
* cnd_wait: (libc)ISO C Condition Variables.
* confstr: (libc)String Parameters.
* conj: (libc)Operations on Complex.
* conjf: (libc)Operations on Complex.
* conjfN: (libc)Operations on Complex.
* conjfNx: (libc)Operations on Complex.
* conjl: (libc)Operations on Complex.
* connect: (libc)Connecting.
* copy_file_range: (libc)Copying File Data.
* copysign: (libc)FP Bit Twiddling.
* copysignf: (libc)FP Bit Twiddling.
* copysignfN: (libc)FP Bit Twiddling.
* copysignfNx: (libc)FP Bit Twiddling.
* copysignl: (libc)FP Bit Twiddling.
* cos: (libc)Trig Functions.
* cosf: (libc)Trig Functions.
* cosfN: (libc)Trig Functions.
* cosfNx: (libc)Trig Functions.
* cosh: (libc)Hyperbolic Functions.
* coshf: (libc)Hyperbolic Functions.
* coshfN: (libc)Hyperbolic Functions.
* coshfNx: (libc)Hyperbolic Functions.
* coshl: (libc)Hyperbolic Functions.
* cosl: (libc)Trig Functions.
* cpow: (libc)Exponents and Logarithms.
* cpowf: (libc)Exponents and Logarithms.
* cpowfN: (libc)Exponents and Logarithms.
* cpowfNx: (libc)Exponents and Logarithms.
* cpowl: (libc)Exponents and Logarithms.
* cproj: (libc)Operations on Complex.
* cprojf: (libc)Operations on Complex.
* cprojfN: (libc)Operations on Complex.
* cprojfNx: (libc)Operations on Complex.
* cprojl: (libc)Operations on Complex.
* creal: (libc)Operations on Complex.
* crealf: (libc)Operations on Complex.
* crealfN: (libc)Operations on Complex.
* crealfNx: (libc)Operations on Complex.
* creall: (libc)Operations on Complex.
* creat64: (libc)Opening and Closing Files.
* creat: (libc)Opening and Closing Files.
* crypt: (libc)Passphrase Storage.
* crypt_r: (libc)Passphrase Storage.
* csin: (libc)Trig Functions.
* csinf: (libc)Trig Functions.
* csinfN: (libc)Trig Functions.
* csinfNx: (libc)Trig Functions.
* csinh: (libc)Hyperbolic Functions.
* csinhf: (libc)Hyperbolic Functions.
* csinhfN: (libc)Hyperbolic Functions.
* csinhfNx: (libc)Hyperbolic Functions.
* csinhl: (libc)Hyperbolic Functions.
* csinl: (libc)Trig Functions.
* csqrt: (libc)Exponents and Logarithms.
* csqrtf: (libc)Exponents and Logarithms.
* csqrtfN: (libc)Exponents and Logarithms.
* csqrtfNx: (libc)Exponents and Logarithms.
* csqrtl: (libc)Exponents and Logarithms.
* ctan: (libc)Trig Functions.
* ctanf: (libc)Trig Functions.
* ctanfN: (libc)Trig Functions.
* ctanfNx: (libc)Trig Functions.
* ctanh: (libc)Hyperbolic Functions.
* ctanhf: (libc)Hyperbolic Functions.
* ctanhfN: (libc)Hyperbolic Functions.
* ctanhfNx: (libc)Hyperbolic Functions.
* ctanhl: (libc)Hyperbolic Functions.
* ctanl: (libc)Trig Functions.
* ctermid: (libc)Identifying the Terminal.
* ctime: (libc)Formatting Calendar Time.
* ctime_r: (libc)Formatting Calendar Time.
* cuserid: (libc)Who Logged In.
* daddl: (libc)Misc FP Arithmetic.
* dcgettext: (libc)Translation with gettext.
* dcngettext: (libc)Advanced gettext functions.
* ddivl: (libc)Misc FP Arithmetic.
* dgettext: (libc)Translation with gettext.
* difftime: (libc)Calculating Elapsed Time.
* dirfd: (libc)Opening a Directory.
* dirname: (libc)Finding Tokens in a String.
* div: (libc)Integer Division.
* dmull: (libc)Misc FP Arithmetic.
* dngettext: (libc)Advanced gettext functions.
* drand48: (libc)SVID Random.
* drand48_r: (libc)SVID Random.
* drem: (libc)Remainder Functions.
* dremf: (libc)Remainder Functions.
* dreml: (libc)Remainder Functions.
* dsubl: (libc)Misc FP Arithmetic.
* dup2: (libc)Duplicating Descriptors.
* dup: (libc)Duplicating Descriptors.
* ecvt: (libc)System V Number Conversion.
* ecvt_r: (libc)System V Number Conversion.
* endfsent: (libc)fstab.
* endgrent: (libc)Scanning All Groups.
* endhostent: (libc)Host Names.
* endmntent: (libc)mtab.
* endnetent: (libc)Networks Database.
* endnetgrent: (libc)Lookup Netgroup.
* endprotoent: (libc)Protocols Database.
* endpwent: (libc)Scanning All Users.
* endservent: (libc)Services Database.
* endutent: (libc)Manipulating the Database.
* endutxent: (libc)XPG Functions.
* envz_add: (libc)Envz Functions.
* envz_entry: (libc)Envz Functions.
* envz_get: (libc)Envz Functions.
* envz_merge: (libc)Envz Functions.
* envz_remove: (libc)Envz Functions.
* envz_strip: (libc)Envz Functions.
* erand48: (libc)SVID Random.
* erand48_r: (libc)SVID Random.
* erf: (libc)Special Functions.
* erfc: (libc)Special Functions.
* erfcf: (libc)Special Functions.
* erfcfN: (libc)Special Functions.
* erfcfNx: (libc)Special Functions.
* erfcl: (libc)Special Functions.
* erff: (libc)Special Functions.
* erffN: (libc)Special Functions.
* erffNx: (libc)Special Functions.
* erfl: (libc)Special Functions.
* err: (libc)Error Messages.
* errno: (libc)Checking for Errors.
* error: (libc)Error Messages.
* error_at_line: (libc)Error Messages.
* errx: (libc)Error Messages.
* execl: (libc)Executing a File.
* execle: (libc)Executing a File.
* execlp: (libc)Executing a File.
* execv: (libc)Executing a File.
* execve: (libc)Executing a File.
* execvp: (libc)Executing a File.
* exit: (libc)Normal Termination.
* exp10: (libc)Exponents and Logarithms.
* exp10f: (libc)Exponents and Logarithms.
* exp10fN: (libc)Exponents and Logarithms.
* exp10fNx: (libc)Exponents and Logarithms.
* exp10l: (libc)Exponents and Logarithms.
* exp2: (libc)Exponents and Logarithms.
* exp2f: (libc)Exponents and Logarithms.
* exp2fN: (libc)Exponents and Logarithms.
* exp2fNx: (libc)Exponents and Logarithms.
* exp2l: (libc)Exponents and Logarithms.
* exp: (libc)Exponents and Logarithms.
* expf: (libc)Exponents and Logarithms.
* expfN: (libc)Exponents and Logarithms.
* expfNx: (libc)Exponents and Logarithms.
* expl: (libc)Exponents and Logarithms.
* explicit_bzero: (libc)Erasing Sensitive Data.
* expm1: (libc)Exponents and Logarithms.
* expm1f: (libc)Exponents and Logarithms.
* expm1fN: (libc)Exponents and Logarithms.
* expm1fNx: (libc)Exponents and Logarithms.
* expm1l: (libc)Exponents and Logarithms.
* fMaddfN: (libc)Misc FP Arithmetic.
* fMaddfNx: (libc)Misc FP Arithmetic.
* fMdivfN: (libc)Misc FP Arithmetic.
* fMdivfNx: (libc)Misc FP Arithmetic.
* fMmulfN: (libc)Misc FP Arithmetic.
* fMmulfNx: (libc)Misc FP Arithmetic.
* fMsubfN: (libc)Misc FP Arithmetic.
* fMsubfNx: (libc)Misc FP Arithmetic.
* fMxaddfN: (libc)Misc FP Arithmetic.
* fMxaddfNx: (libc)Misc FP Arithmetic.
* fMxdivfN: (libc)Misc FP Arithmetic.
* fMxdivfNx: (libc)Misc FP Arithmetic.
* fMxmulfN: (libc)Misc FP Arithmetic.
* fMxmulfNx: (libc)Misc FP Arithmetic.
* fMxsubfN: (libc)Misc FP Arithmetic.
* fMxsubfNx: (libc)Misc FP Arithmetic.
* fabs: (libc)Absolute Value.
* fabsf: (libc)Absolute Value.
* fabsfN: (libc)Absolute Value.
* fabsfNx: (libc)Absolute Value.
* fabsl: (libc)Absolute Value.
* fadd: (libc)Misc FP Arithmetic.
* faddl: (libc)Misc FP Arithmetic.
* fchdir: (libc)Working Directory.
* fchmod: (libc)Setting Permissions.
* fchown: (libc)File Owner.
* fclose: (libc)Closing Streams.
* fcloseall: (libc)Closing Streams.
* fcntl: (libc)Control Operations.
* fcvt: (libc)System V Number Conversion.
* fcvt_r: (libc)System V Number Conversion.
* fdatasync: (libc)Synchronizing I/O.
* fdim: (libc)Misc FP Arithmetic.
* fdimf: (libc)Misc FP Arithmetic.
* fdimfN: (libc)Misc FP Arithmetic.
* fdimfNx: (libc)Misc FP Arithmetic.
* fdiml: (libc)Misc FP Arithmetic.
* fdiv: (libc)Misc FP Arithmetic.
* fdivl: (libc)Misc FP Arithmetic.
* fdopen: (libc)Descriptors and Streams.
* fdopendir: (libc)Opening a Directory.
* feclearexcept: (libc)Status bit operations.
* fedisableexcept: (libc)Control Functions.
* feenableexcept: (libc)Control Functions.
* fegetenv: (libc)Control Functions.
* fegetexcept: (libc)Control Functions.
* fegetexceptflag: (libc)Status bit operations.
* fegetmode: (libc)Control Functions.
* fegetround: (libc)Rounding.
* feholdexcept: (libc)Control Functions.
* feof: (libc)EOF and Errors.
* feof_unlocked: (libc)EOF and Errors.
* feraiseexcept: (libc)Status bit operations.
* ferror: (libc)EOF and Errors.
* ferror_unlocked: (libc)EOF and Errors.
* fesetenv: (libc)Control Functions.
* fesetexcept: (libc)Status bit operations.
* fesetexceptflag: (libc)Status bit operations.
* fesetmode: (libc)Control Functions.
* fesetround: (libc)Rounding.
* fetestexcept: (libc)Status bit operations.
* fetestexceptflag: (libc)Status bit operations.
* feupdateenv: (libc)Control Functions.
* fexecve: (libc)Executing a File.
* fflush: (libc)Flushing Buffers.
* fflush_unlocked: (libc)Flushing Buffers.
* fgetc: (libc)Character Input.
* fgetc_unlocked: (libc)Character Input.
* fgetgrent: (libc)Scanning All Groups.
* fgetgrent_r: (libc)Scanning All Groups.
* fgetpos64: (libc)Portable Positioning.
* fgetpos: (libc)Portable Positioning.
* fgetpwent: (libc)Scanning All Users.
* fgetpwent_r: (libc)Scanning All Users.
* fgets: (libc)Line Input.
* fgets_unlocked: (libc)Line Input.
* fgetwc: (libc)Character Input.
* fgetwc_unlocked: (libc)Character Input.
* fgetws: (libc)Line Input.
* fgetws_unlocked: (libc)Line Input.
* fileno: (libc)Descriptors and Streams.
* fileno_unlocked: (libc)Descriptors and Streams.
* finite: (libc)Floating Point Classes.
* finitef: (libc)Floating Point Classes.
* finitel: (libc)Floating Point Classes.
* flockfile: (libc)Streams and Threads.
* floor: (libc)Rounding Functions.
* floorf: (libc)Rounding Functions.
* floorfN: (libc)Rounding Functions.
* floorfNx: (libc)Rounding Functions.
* floorl: (libc)Rounding Functions.
* fma: (libc)Misc FP Arithmetic.
* fmaf: (libc)Misc FP Arithmetic.
* fmafN: (libc)Misc FP Arithmetic.
* fmafNx: (libc)Misc FP Arithmetic.
* fmal: (libc)Misc FP Arithmetic.
* fmax: (libc)Misc FP Arithmetic.
* fmaxf: (libc)Misc FP Arithmetic.
* fmaxfN: (libc)Misc FP Arithmetic.
* fmaxfNx: (libc)Misc FP Arithmetic.
* fmaxl: (libc)Misc FP Arithmetic.
* fmaxmag: (libc)Misc FP Arithmetic.
* fmaxmagf: (libc)Misc FP Arithmetic.
* fmaxmagfN: (libc)Misc FP Arithmetic.
* fmaxmagfNx: (libc)Misc FP Arithmetic.
* fmaxmagl: (libc)Misc FP Arithmetic.
* fmemopen: (libc)String Streams.
* fmin: (libc)Misc FP Arithmetic.
* fminf: (libc)Misc FP Arithmetic.
* fminfN: (libc)Misc FP Arithmetic.
* fminfNx: (libc)Misc FP Arithmetic.
* fminl: (libc)Misc FP Arithmetic.
* fminmag: (libc)Misc FP Arithmetic.
* fminmagf: (libc)Misc FP Arithmetic.
* fminmagfN: (libc)Misc FP Arithmetic.
* fminmagfNx: (libc)Misc FP Arithmetic.
* fminmagl: (libc)Misc FP Arithmetic.
* fmod: (libc)Remainder Functions.
* fmodf: (libc)Remainder Functions.
* fmodfN: (libc)Remainder Functions.
* fmodfNx: (libc)Remainder Functions.
* fmodl: (libc)Remainder Functions.
* fmtmsg: (libc)Printing Formatted Messages.
* fmul: (libc)Misc FP Arithmetic.
* fmull: (libc)Misc FP Arithmetic.
* fnmatch: (libc)Wildcard Matching.
* fopen64: (libc)Opening Streams.
* fopen: (libc)Opening Streams.
* fopencookie: (libc)Streams and Cookies.
* fork: (libc)Creating a Process.
* forkpty: (libc)Pseudo-Terminal Pairs.
* fpathconf: (libc)Pathconf.
* fpclassify: (libc)Floating Point Classes.
* fprintf: (libc)Formatted Output Functions.
* fputc: (libc)Simple Output.
* fputc_unlocked: (libc)Simple Output.
* fputs: (libc)Simple Output.
* fputs_unlocked: (libc)Simple Output.
* fputwc: (libc)Simple Output.
* fputwc_unlocked: (libc)Simple Output.
* fputws: (libc)Simple Output.
* fputws_unlocked: (libc)Simple Output.
* fread: (libc)Block Input/Output.
* fread_unlocked: (libc)Block Input/Output.
* free: (libc)Freeing after Malloc.
* freopen64: (libc)Opening Streams.
* freopen: (libc)Opening Streams.
* frexp: (libc)Normalization Functions.
* frexpf: (libc)Normalization Functions.
* frexpfN: (libc)Normalization Functions.
* frexpfNx: (libc)Normalization Functions.
* frexpl: (libc)Normalization Functions.
* fromfp: (libc)Rounding Functions.
* fromfpf: (libc)Rounding Functions.
* fromfpfN: (libc)Rounding Functions.
* fromfpfNx: (libc)Rounding Functions.
* fromfpl: (libc)Rounding Functions.
* fromfpx: (libc)Rounding Functions.
* fromfpxf: (libc)Rounding Functions.
* fromfpxfN: (libc)Rounding Functions.
* fromfpxfNx: (libc)Rounding Functions.
* fromfpxl: (libc)Rounding Functions.
* fscanf: (libc)Formatted Input Functions.
* fseek: (libc)File Positioning.
* fseeko64: (libc)File Positioning.
* fseeko: (libc)File Positioning.
* fsetpos64: (libc)Portable Positioning.
* fsetpos: (libc)Portable Positioning.
* fstat64: (libc)Reading Attributes.
* fstat: (libc)Reading Attributes.
* fsub: (libc)Misc FP Arithmetic.
* fsubl: (libc)Misc FP Arithmetic.
* fsync: (libc)Synchronizing I/O.
* ftell: (libc)File Positioning.
* ftello64: (libc)File Positioning.
* ftello: (libc)File Positioning.
* ftruncate64: (libc)File Size.
* ftruncate: (libc)File Size.
* ftrylockfile: (libc)Streams and Threads.
* ftw64: (libc)Working with Directory Trees.
* ftw: (libc)Working with Directory Trees.
* funlockfile: (libc)Streams and Threads.
* futimes: (libc)File Times.
* fwide: (libc)Streams and I18N.
* fwprintf: (libc)Formatted Output Functions.
* fwrite: (libc)Block Input/Output.
* fwrite_unlocked: (libc)Block Input/Output.
* fwscanf: (libc)Formatted Input Functions.
* gamma: (libc)Special Functions.
* gammaf: (libc)Special Functions.
* gammal: (libc)Special Functions.
* gcvt: (libc)System V Number Conversion.
* get_avphys_pages: (libc)Query Memory Parameters.
* get_current_dir_name: (libc)Working Directory.
* get_nprocs: (libc)Processor Resources.
* get_nprocs_conf: (libc)Processor Resources.
* get_phys_pages: (libc)Query Memory Parameters.
* getauxval: (libc)Auxiliary Vector.
* getc: (libc)Character Input.
* getc_unlocked: (libc)Character Input.
* getchar: (libc)Character Input.
* getchar_unlocked: (libc)Character Input.
* getcontext: (libc)System V contexts.
* getcpu: (libc)CPU Affinity.
* getcwd: (libc)Working Directory.
* getdate: (libc)General Time String Parsing.
* getdate_r: (libc)General Time String Parsing.
* getdelim: (libc)Line Input.
* getdents64: (libc)Low-level Directory Access.
* getdomainnname: (libc)Host Identification.
* getegid: (libc)Reading Persona.
* getentropy: (libc)Unpredictable Bytes.
* getenv: (libc)Environment Access.
* geteuid: (libc)Reading Persona.
* getfsent: (libc)fstab.
* getfsfile: (libc)fstab.
* getfsspec: (libc)fstab.
* getgid: (libc)Reading Persona.
* getgrent: (libc)Scanning All Groups.
* getgrent_r: (libc)Scanning All Groups.
* getgrgid: (libc)Lookup Group.
* getgrgid_r: (libc)Lookup Group.
* getgrnam: (libc)Lookup Group.
* getgrnam_r: (libc)Lookup Group.
* getgrouplist: (libc)Setting Groups.
* getgroups: (libc)Reading Persona.
* gethostbyaddr: (libc)Host Names.
* gethostbyaddr_r: (libc)Host Names.
* gethostbyname2: (libc)Host Names.
* gethostbyname2_r: (libc)Host Names.
* gethostbyname: (libc)Host Names.
* gethostbyname_r: (libc)Host Names.
* gethostent: (libc)Host Names.
* gethostid: (libc)Host Identification.
* gethostname: (libc)Host Identification.
* getitimer: (libc)Setting an Alarm.
* getline: (libc)Line Input.
* getloadavg: (libc)Processor Resources.
* getlogin: (libc)Who Logged In.
* getmntent: (libc)mtab.
* getmntent_r: (libc)mtab.
* getnetbyaddr: (libc)Networks Database.
* getnetbyname: (libc)Networks Database.
* getnetent: (libc)Networks Database.
* getnetgrent: (libc)Lookup Netgroup.
* getnetgrent_r: (libc)Lookup Netgroup.
* getopt: (libc)Using Getopt.
* getopt_long: (libc)Getopt Long Options.
* getopt_long_only: (libc)Getopt Long Options.
* getpagesize: (libc)Query Memory Parameters.
* getpass: (libc)getpass.
* getpayload: (libc)FP Bit Twiddling.
* getpayloadf: (libc)FP Bit Twiddling.
* getpayloadfN: (libc)FP Bit Twiddling.
* getpayloadfNx: (libc)FP Bit Twiddling.
* getpayloadl: (libc)FP Bit Twiddling.
* getpeername: (libc)Who is Connected.
* getpgid: (libc)Process Group Functions.
* getpgrp: (libc)Process Group Functions.
* getpid: (libc)Process Identification.
* getppid: (libc)Process Identification.
* getpriority: (libc)Traditional Scheduling Functions.
* getprotobyname: (libc)Protocols Database.
* getprotobynumber: (libc)Protocols Database.
* getprotoent: (libc)Protocols Database.
* getpt: (libc)Allocation.
* getpwent: (libc)Scanning All Users.
* getpwent_r: (libc)Scanning All Users.
* getpwnam: (libc)Lookup User.
* getpwnam_r: (libc)Lookup User.
* getpwuid: (libc)Lookup User.
* getpwuid_r: (libc)Lookup User.
* getrandom: (libc)Unpredictable Bytes.
* getrlimit64: (libc)Limits on Resources.
* getrlimit: (libc)Limits on Resources.
* getrusage: (libc)Resource Usage.
* gets: (libc)Line Input.
* getservbyname: (libc)Services Database.
* getservbyport: (libc)Services Database.
* getservent: (libc)Services Database.
* getsid: (libc)Process Group Functions.
* getsockname: (libc)Reading Address.
* getsockopt: (libc)Socket Option Functions.
* getsubopt: (libc)Suboptions.
* gettext: (libc)Translation with gettext.
* gettid: (libc)Process Identification.
* gettimeofday: (libc)Getting the Time.
* getuid: (libc)Reading Persona.
* getumask: (libc)Setting Permissions.
* getutent: (libc)Manipulating the Database.
* getutent_r: (libc)Manipulating the Database.
* getutid: (libc)Manipulating the Database.
* getutid_r: (libc)Manipulating the Database.
* getutline: (libc)Manipulating the Database.
* getutline_r: (libc)Manipulating the Database.
* getutmp: (libc)XPG Functions.
* getutmpx: (libc)XPG Functions.
* getutxent: (libc)XPG Functions.
* getutxid: (libc)XPG Functions.
* getutxline: (libc)XPG Functions.
* getw: (libc)Character Input.
* getwc: (libc)Character Input.
* getwc_unlocked: (libc)Character Input.
* getwchar: (libc)Character Input.
* getwchar_unlocked: (libc)Character Input.
* getwd: (libc)Working Directory.
* glob64: (libc)Calling Glob.
* glob: (libc)Calling Glob.
* globfree64: (libc)More Flags for Globbing.
* globfree: (libc)More Flags for Globbing.
* gmtime: (libc)Broken-down Time.
* gmtime_r: (libc)Broken-down Time.
* grantpt: (libc)Allocation.
* gsignal: (libc)Signaling Yourself.
* gtty: (libc)BSD Terminal Modes.
* hasmntopt: (libc)mtab.
* hcreate: (libc)Hash Search Function.
* hcreate_r: (libc)Hash Search Function.
* hdestroy: (libc)Hash Search Function.
* hdestroy_r: (libc)Hash Search Function.
* hsearch: (libc)Hash Search Function.
* hsearch_r: (libc)Hash Search Function.
* htonl: (libc)Byte Order.
* htons: (libc)Byte Order.
* hypot: (libc)Exponents and Logarithms.
* hypotf: (libc)Exponents and Logarithms.
* hypotfN: (libc)Exponents and Logarithms.
* hypotfNx: (libc)Exponents and Logarithms.
* hypotl: (libc)Exponents and Logarithms.
* iconv: (libc)Generic Conversion Interface.
* iconv_close: (libc)Generic Conversion Interface.
* iconv_open: (libc)Generic Conversion Interface.
* if_freenameindex: (libc)Interface Naming.
* if_indextoname: (libc)Interface Naming.
* if_nameindex: (libc)Interface Naming.
* if_nametoindex: (libc)Interface Naming.
* ilogb: (libc)Exponents and Logarithms.
* ilogbf: (libc)Exponents and Logarithms.
* ilogbfN: (libc)Exponents and Logarithms.
* ilogbfNx: (libc)Exponents and Logarithms.
* ilogbl: (libc)Exponents and Logarithms.
* imaxabs: (libc)Absolute Value.
* imaxdiv: (libc)Integer Division.
* in6addr_any: (libc)Host Address Data Type.
* in6addr_loopback: (libc)Host Address Data Type.
* index: (libc)Search Functions.
* inet_addr: (libc)Host Address Functions.
* inet_aton: (libc)Host Address Functions.
* inet_lnaof: (libc)Host Address Functions.
* inet_makeaddr: (libc)Host Address Functions.
* inet_netof: (libc)Host Address Functions.
* inet_network: (libc)Host Address Functions.
* inet_ntoa: (libc)Host Address Functions.
* inet_ntop: (libc)Host Address Functions.
* inet_pton: (libc)Host Address Functions.
* initgroups: (libc)Setting Groups.
* initstate: (libc)BSD Random.
* initstate_r: (libc)BSD Random.
* innetgr: (libc)Netgroup Membership.
* ioctl: (libc)IOCTLs.
* isalnum: (libc)Classification of Characters.
* isalpha: (libc)Classification of Characters.
* isascii: (libc)Classification of Characters.
* isatty: (libc)Is It a Terminal.
* isblank: (libc)Classification of Characters.
* iscanonical: (libc)Floating Point Classes.
* iscntrl: (libc)Classification of Characters.
* isdigit: (libc)Classification of Characters.
* iseqsig: (libc)FP Comparison Functions.
* isfinite: (libc)Floating Point Classes.
* isgraph: (libc)Classification of Characters.
* isgreater: (libc)FP Comparison Functions.
* isgreaterequal: (libc)FP Comparison Functions.
* isinf: (libc)Floating Point Classes.
* isinff: (libc)Floating Point Classes.
* isinfl: (libc)Floating Point Classes.
* isless: (libc)FP Comparison Functions.
* islessequal: (libc)FP Comparison Functions.
* islessgreater: (libc)FP Comparison Functions.
* islower: (libc)Classification of Characters.
* isnan: (libc)Floating Point Classes.
* isnan: (libc)Floating Point Classes.
* isnanf: (libc)Floating Point Classes.
* isnanl: (libc)Floating Point Classes.
* isnormal: (libc)Floating Point Classes.
* isprint: (libc)Classification of Characters.
* ispunct: (libc)Classification of Characters.
* issignaling: (libc)Floating Point Classes.
* isspace: (libc)Classification of Characters.
* issubnormal: (libc)Floating Point Classes.
* isunordered: (libc)FP Comparison Functions.
* isupper: (libc)Classification of Characters.
* iswalnum: (libc)Classification of Wide Characters.
* iswalpha: (libc)Classification of Wide Characters.
* iswblank: (libc)Classification of Wide Characters.
* iswcntrl: (libc)Classification of Wide Characters.
* iswctype: (libc)Classification of Wide Characters.
* iswdigit: (libc)Classification of Wide Characters.
* iswgraph: (libc)Classification of Wide Characters.
* iswlower: (libc)Classification of Wide Characters.
* iswprint: (libc)Classification of Wide Characters.
* iswpunct: (libc)Classification of Wide Characters.
* iswspace: (libc)Classification of Wide Characters.
* iswupper: (libc)Classification of Wide Characters.
* iswxdigit: (libc)Classification of Wide Characters.
* isxdigit: (libc)Classification of Characters.
* iszero: (libc)Floating Point Classes.
* j0: (libc)Special Functions.
* j0f: (libc)Special Functions.
* j0fN: (libc)Special Functions.
* j0fNx: (libc)Special Functions.
* j0l: (libc)Special Functions.
* j1: (libc)Special Functions.
* j1f: (libc)Special Functions.
* j1fN: (libc)Special Functions.
* j1fNx: (libc)Special Functions.
* j1l: (libc)Special Functions.
* jn: (libc)Special Functions.
* jnf: (libc)Special Functions.
* jnfN: (libc)Special Functions.
* jnfNx: (libc)Special Functions.
* jnl: (libc)Special Functions.
* jrand48: (libc)SVID Random.
* jrand48_r: (libc)SVID Random.
* kill: (libc)Signaling Another Process.
* killpg: (libc)Signaling Another Process.
* l64a: (libc)Encode Binary Data.
* labs: (libc)Absolute Value.
* lcong48: (libc)SVID Random.
* lcong48_r: (libc)SVID Random.
* ldexp: (libc)Normalization Functions.
* ldexpf: (libc)Normalization Functions.
* ldexpfN: (libc)Normalization Functions.
* ldexpfNx: (libc)Normalization Functions.
* ldexpl: (libc)Normalization Functions.
* ldiv: (libc)Integer Division.
* lfind: (libc)Array Search Function.
* lgamma: (libc)Special Functions.
* lgamma_r: (libc)Special Functions.
* lgammaf: (libc)Special Functions.
* lgammafN: (libc)Special Functions.
* lgammafN_r: (libc)Special Functions.
* lgammafNx: (libc)Special Functions.
* lgammafNx_r: (libc)Special Functions.
* lgammaf_r: (libc)Special Functions.
* lgammal: (libc)Special Functions.
* lgammal_r: (libc)Special Functions.
* link: (libc)Hard Links.
* linkat: (libc)Hard Links.
* lio_listio64: (libc)Asynchronous Reads/Writes.
* lio_listio: (libc)Asynchronous Reads/Writes.
* listen: (libc)Listening.
* llabs: (libc)Absolute Value.
* lldiv: (libc)Integer Division.
* llogb: (libc)Exponents and Logarithms.
* llogbf: (libc)Exponents and Logarithms.
* llogbfN: (libc)Exponents and Logarithms.
* llogbfNx: (libc)Exponents and Logarithms.
* llogbl: (libc)Exponents and Logarithms.
* llrint: (libc)Rounding Functions.
* llrintf: (libc)Rounding Functions.
* llrintfN: (libc)Rounding Functions.
* llrintfNx: (libc)Rounding Functions.
* llrintl: (libc)Rounding Functions.
* llround: (libc)Rounding Functions.
* llroundf: (libc)Rounding Functions.
* llroundfN: (libc)Rounding Functions.
* llroundfNx: (libc)Rounding Functions.
* llroundl: (libc)Rounding Functions.
* localeconv: (libc)The Lame Way to Locale Data.
* localtime: (libc)Broken-down Time.
* localtime_r: (libc)Broken-down Time.
* log10: (libc)Exponents and Logarithms.
* log10f: (libc)Exponents and Logarithms.
* log10fN: (libc)Exponents and Logarithms.
* log10fNx: (libc)Exponents and Logarithms.
* log10l: (libc)Exponents and Logarithms.
* log1p: (libc)Exponents and Logarithms.
* log1pf: (libc)Exponents and Logarithms.
* log1pfN: (libc)Exponents and Logarithms.
* log1pfNx: (libc)Exponents and Logarithms.
* log1pl: (libc)Exponents and Logarithms.
* log2: (libc)Exponents and Logarithms.
* log2f: (libc)Exponents and Logarithms.
* log2fN: (libc)Exponents and Logarithms.
* log2fNx: (libc)Exponents and Logarithms.
* log2l: (libc)Exponents and Logarithms.
* log: (libc)Exponents and Logarithms.
* logb: (libc)Exponents and Logarithms.
* logbf: (libc)Exponents and Logarithms.
* logbfN: (libc)Exponents and Logarithms.
* logbfNx: (libc)Exponents and Logarithms.
* logbl: (libc)Exponents and Logarithms.
* logf: (libc)Exponents and Logarithms.
* logfN: (libc)Exponents and Logarithms.
* logfNx: (libc)Exponents and Logarithms.
* login: (libc)Logging In and Out.
* login_tty: (libc)Logging In and Out.
* logl: (libc)Exponents and Logarithms.
* logout: (libc)Logging In and Out.
* logwtmp: (libc)Logging In and Out.
* longjmp: (libc)Non-Local Details.
* lrand48: (libc)SVID Random.
* lrand48_r: (libc)SVID Random.
* lrint: (libc)Rounding Functions.
* lrintf: (libc)Rounding Functions.
* lrintfN: (libc)Rounding Functions.
* lrintfNx: (libc)Rounding Functions.
* lrintl: (libc)Rounding Functions.
* lround: (libc)Rounding Functions.
* lroundf: (libc)Rounding Functions.
* lroundfN: (libc)Rounding Functions.
* lroundfNx: (libc)Rounding Functions.
* lroundl: (libc)Rounding Functions.
* lsearch: (libc)Array Search Function.
* lseek64: (libc)File Position Primitive.
* lseek: (libc)File Position Primitive.
* lstat64: (libc)Reading Attributes.
* lstat: (libc)Reading Attributes.
* lutimes: (libc)File Times.
* madvise: (libc)Memory-mapped I/O.
* makecontext: (libc)System V contexts.
* mallinfo2: (libc)Statistics of Malloc.
* malloc: (libc)Basic Allocation.
* mallopt: (libc)Malloc Tunable Parameters.
* mblen: (libc)Non-reentrant Character Conversion.
* mbrlen: (libc)Converting a Character.
* mbrtowc: (libc)Converting a Character.
* mbsinit: (libc)Keeping the state.
* mbsnrtowcs: (libc)Converting Strings.
* mbsrtowcs: (libc)Converting Strings.
* mbstowcs: (libc)Non-reentrant String Conversion.
* mbtowc: (libc)Non-reentrant Character Conversion.
* mcheck: (libc)Heap Consistency Checking.
* memalign: (libc)Aligned Memory Blocks.
* memccpy: (libc)Copying Strings and Arrays.
* memchr: (libc)Search Functions.
* memcmp: (libc)String/Array Comparison.
* memcpy: (libc)Copying Strings and Arrays.
* memfd_create: (libc)Memory-mapped I/O.
* memfrob: (libc)Obfuscating Data.
* memmem: (libc)Search Functions.
* memmove: (libc)Copying Strings and Arrays.
* mempcpy: (libc)Copying Strings and Arrays.
* memrchr: (libc)Search Functions.
* memset: (libc)Copying Strings and Arrays.
* mkdir: (libc)Creating Directories.
* mkdtemp: (libc)Temporary Files.
* mkfifo: (libc)FIFO Special Files.
* mknod: (libc)Making Special Files.
* mkstemp: (libc)Temporary Files.
* mktemp: (libc)Temporary Files.
* mktime: (libc)Broken-down Time.
* mlock2: (libc)Page Lock Functions.
* mlock: (libc)Page Lock Functions.
* mlockall: (libc)Page Lock Functions.
* mmap64: (libc)Memory-mapped I/O.
* mmap: (libc)Memory-mapped I/O.
* modf: (libc)Rounding Functions.
* modff: (libc)Rounding Functions.
* modffN: (libc)Rounding Functions.
* modffNx: (libc)Rounding Functions.
* modfl: (libc)Rounding Functions.
* mount: (libc)Mount-Unmount-Remount.
* mprobe: (libc)Heap Consistency Checking.
* mprotect: (libc)Memory Protection.
* mrand48: (libc)SVID Random.
* mrand48_r: (libc)SVID Random.
* mremap: (libc)Memory-mapped I/O.
* msync: (libc)Memory-mapped I/O.
* mtrace: (libc)Tracing malloc.
* mtx_destroy: (libc)ISO C Mutexes.
* mtx_init: (libc)ISO C Mutexes.
* mtx_lock: (libc)ISO C Mutexes.
* mtx_timedlock: (libc)ISO C Mutexes.
* mtx_trylock: (libc)ISO C Mutexes.
* mtx_unlock: (libc)ISO C Mutexes.
* munlock: (libc)Page Lock Functions.
* munlockall: (libc)Page Lock Functions.
* munmap: (libc)Memory-mapped I/O.
* muntrace: (libc)Tracing malloc.
* nan: (libc)FP Bit Twiddling.
* nanf: (libc)FP Bit Twiddling.
* nanfN: (libc)FP Bit Twiddling.
* nanfNx: (libc)FP Bit Twiddling.
* nanl: (libc)FP Bit Twiddling.
* nanosleep: (libc)Sleeping.
* nearbyint: (libc)Rounding Functions.
* nearbyintf: (libc)Rounding Functions.
* nearbyintfN: (libc)Rounding Functions.
* nearbyintfNx: (libc)Rounding Functions.
* nearbyintl: (libc)Rounding Functions.
* nextafter: (libc)FP Bit Twiddling.
* nextafterf: (libc)FP Bit Twiddling.
* nextafterfN: (libc)FP Bit Twiddling.
* nextafterfNx: (libc)FP Bit Twiddling.
* nextafterl: (libc)FP Bit Twiddling.
* nextdown: (libc)FP Bit Twiddling.
* nextdownf: (libc)FP Bit Twiddling.
* nextdownfN: (libc)FP Bit Twiddling.
* nextdownfNx: (libc)FP Bit Twiddling.
* nextdownl: (libc)FP Bit Twiddling.
* nexttoward: (libc)FP Bit Twiddling.
* nexttowardf: (libc)FP Bit Twiddling.
* nexttowardl: (libc)FP Bit Twiddling.
* nextup: (libc)FP Bit Twiddling.
* nextupf: (libc)FP Bit Twiddling.
* nextupfN: (libc)FP Bit Twiddling.
* nextupfNx: (libc)FP Bit Twiddling.
* nextupl: (libc)FP Bit Twiddling.
* nftw64: (libc)Working with Directory Trees.
* nftw: (libc)Working with Directory Trees.
* ngettext: (libc)Advanced gettext functions.
* nice: (libc)Traditional Scheduling Functions.
* nl_langinfo: (libc)The Elegant and Fast Way.
* nrand48: (libc)SVID Random.
* nrand48_r: (libc)SVID Random.
* ntohl: (libc)Byte Order.
* ntohs: (libc)Byte Order.
* ntp_adjtime: (libc)Setting and Adjusting the Time.
* ntp_gettime: (libc)Setting and Adjusting the Time.
* obstack_1grow: (libc)Growing Objects.
* obstack_1grow_fast: (libc)Extra Fast Growing.
* obstack_alignment_mask: (libc)Obstacks Data Alignment.
* obstack_alloc: (libc)Allocation in an Obstack.
* obstack_base: (libc)Status of an Obstack.
* obstack_blank: (libc)Growing Objects.
* obstack_blank_fast: (libc)Extra Fast Growing.
* obstack_chunk_size: (libc)Obstack Chunks.
* obstack_copy0: (libc)Allocation in an Obstack.
* obstack_copy: (libc)Allocation in an Obstack.
* obstack_finish: (libc)Growing Objects.
* obstack_free: (libc)Freeing Obstack Objects.
* obstack_grow0: (libc)Growing Objects.
* obstack_grow: (libc)Growing Objects.
* obstack_init: (libc)Preparing for Obstacks.
* obstack_int_grow: (libc)Growing Objects.
* obstack_int_grow_fast: (libc)Extra Fast Growing.
* obstack_next_free: (libc)Status of an Obstack.
* obstack_object_size: (libc)Growing Objects.
* obstack_object_size: (libc)Status of an Obstack.
* obstack_printf: (libc)Dynamic Output.
* obstack_ptr_grow: (libc)Growing Objects.
* obstack_ptr_grow_fast: (libc)Extra Fast Growing.
* obstack_room: (libc)Extra Fast Growing.
* obstack_vprintf: (libc)Variable Arguments Output.
* offsetof: (libc)Structure Measurement.
* on_exit: (libc)Cleanups on Exit.
* open64: (libc)Opening and Closing Files.
* open: (libc)Opening and Closing Files.
* open_memstream: (libc)String Streams.
* opendir: (libc)Opening a Directory.
* openlog: (libc)openlog.
* openpty: (libc)Pseudo-Terminal Pairs.
* parse_printf_format: (libc)Parsing a Template String.
* pathconf: (libc)Pathconf.
* pause: (libc)Using Pause.
* pclose: (libc)Pipe to a Subprocess.
* perror: (libc)Error Messages.
* pipe: (libc)Creating a Pipe.
* pkey_alloc: (libc)Memory Protection.
* pkey_free: (libc)Memory Protection.
* pkey_get: (libc)Memory Protection.
* pkey_mprotect: (libc)Memory Protection.
* pkey_set: (libc)Memory Protection.
* popen: (libc)Pipe to a Subprocess.
* posix_fallocate64: (libc)Storage Allocation.
* posix_fallocate: (libc)Storage Allocation.
* posix_memalign: (libc)Aligned Memory Blocks.
* pow: (libc)Exponents and Logarithms.
* powf: (libc)Exponents and Logarithms.
* powfN: (libc)Exponents and Logarithms.
* powfNx: (libc)Exponents and Logarithms.
* powl: (libc)Exponents and Logarithms.
* pread64: (libc)I/O Primitives.
* pread: (libc)I/O Primitives.
* preadv2: (libc)Scatter-Gather.
* preadv64: (libc)Scatter-Gather.
* preadv64v2: (libc)Scatter-Gather.
* preadv: (libc)Scatter-Gather.
* printf: (libc)Formatted Output Functions.
* printf_size: (libc)Predefined Printf Handlers.
* printf_size_info: (libc)Predefined Printf Handlers.
* psignal: (libc)Signal Messages.
* pthread_attr_getsigmask_np: (libc)Initial Thread Signal Mask.
* pthread_attr_setsigmask_np: (libc)Initial Thread Signal Mask.
* pthread_clockjoin_np: (libc)Waiting with Explicit Clocks.
* pthread_cond_clockwait: (libc)Waiting with Explicit Clocks.
* pthread_getattr_default_np: (libc)Default Thread Attributes.
* pthread_getspecific: (libc)Thread-specific Data.
* pthread_key_create: (libc)Thread-specific Data.
* pthread_key_delete: (libc)Thread-specific Data.
* pthread_rwlock_clockrdlock: (libc)Waiting with Explicit Clocks.
* pthread_rwlock_clockwrlock: (libc)Waiting with Explicit Clocks.
* pthread_setattr_default_np: (libc)Default Thread Attributes.
* pthread_setspecific: (libc)Thread-specific Data.
* pthread_timedjoin_np: (libc)Waiting with Explicit Clocks.
* pthread_tryjoin_np: (libc)Waiting with Explicit Clocks.
* ptsname: (libc)Allocation.
* ptsname_r: (libc)Allocation.
* putc: (libc)Simple Output.
* putc_unlocked: (libc)Simple Output.
* putchar: (libc)Simple Output.
* putchar_unlocked: (libc)Simple Output.
* putenv: (libc)Environment Access.
* putpwent: (libc)Writing a User Entry.
* puts: (libc)Simple Output.
* pututline: (libc)Manipulating the Database.
* pututxline: (libc)XPG Functions.
* putw: (libc)Simple Output.
* putwc: (libc)Simple Output.
* putwc_unlocked: (libc)Simple Output.
* putwchar: (libc)Simple Output.
* putwchar_unlocked: (libc)Simple Output.
* pwrite64: (libc)I/O Primitives.
* pwrite: (libc)I/O Primitives.
* pwritev2: (libc)Scatter-Gather.
* pwritev64: (libc)Scatter-Gather.
* pwritev64v2: (libc)Scatter-Gather.
* pwritev: (libc)Scatter-Gather.
* qecvt: (libc)System V Number Conversion.
* qecvt_r: (libc)System V Number Conversion.
* qfcvt: (libc)System V Number Conversion.
* qfcvt_r: (libc)System V Number Conversion.
* qgcvt: (libc)System V Number Conversion.
* qsort: (libc)Array Sort Function.
* raise: (libc)Signaling Yourself.
* rand: (libc)ISO Random.
* rand_r: (libc)ISO Random.
* random: (libc)BSD Random.
* random_r: (libc)BSD Random.
* rawmemchr: (libc)Search Functions.
* read: (libc)I/O Primitives.
* readdir64: (libc)Reading/Closing Directory.
* readdir64_r: (libc)Reading/Closing Directory.
* readdir: (libc)Reading/Closing Directory.
* readdir_r: (libc)Reading/Closing Directory.
* readlink: (libc)Symbolic Links.
* readv: (libc)Scatter-Gather.
* realloc: (libc)Changing Block Size.
* reallocarray: (libc)Changing Block Size.
* realpath: (libc)Symbolic Links.
* recv: (libc)Receiving Data.
* recvfrom: (libc)Receiving Datagrams.
* recvmsg: (libc)Receiving Datagrams.
* regcomp: (libc)POSIX Regexp Compilation.
* regerror: (libc)Regexp Cleanup.
* regexec: (libc)Matching POSIX Regexps.
* regfree: (libc)Regexp Cleanup.
* register_printf_function: (libc)Registering New Conversions.
* remainder: (libc)Remainder Functions.
* remainderf: (libc)Remainder Functions.
* remainderfN: (libc)Remainder Functions.
* remainderfNx: (libc)Remainder Functions.
* remainderl: (libc)Remainder Functions.
* remove: (libc)Deleting Files.
* rename: (libc)Renaming Files.
* rewind: (libc)File Positioning.
* rewinddir: (libc)Random Access Directory.
* rindex: (libc)Search Functions.
* rint: (libc)Rounding Functions.
* rintf: (libc)Rounding Functions.
* rintfN: (libc)Rounding Functions.
* rintfNx: (libc)Rounding Functions.
* rintl: (libc)Rounding Functions.
* rmdir: (libc)Deleting Files.
* round: (libc)Rounding Functions.
* roundeven: (libc)Rounding Functions.
* roundevenf: (libc)Rounding Functions.
* roundevenfN: (libc)Rounding Functions.
* roundevenfNx: (libc)Rounding Functions.
* roundevenl: (libc)Rounding Functions.
* roundf: (libc)Rounding Functions.
* roundfN: (libc)Rounding Functions.
* roundfNx: (libc)Rounding Functions.
* roundl: (libc)Rounding Functions.
* rpmatch: (libc)Yes-or-No Questions.
* sbrk: (libc)Resizing the Data Segment.
* scalb: (libc)Normalization Functions.
* scalbf: (libc)Normalization Functions.
* scalbl: (libc)Normalization Functions.
* scalbln: (libc)Normalization Functions.
* scalblnf: (libc)Normalization Functions.
* scalblnfN: (libc)Normalization Functions.
* scalblnfNx: (libc)Normalization Functions.
* scalblnl: (libc)Normalization Functions.
* scalbn: (libc)Normalization Functions.
* scalbnf: (libc)Normalization Functions.
* scalbnfN: (libc)Normalization Functions.
* scalbnfNx: (libc)Normalization Functions.
* scalbnl: (libc)Normalization Functions.
* scandir64: (libc)Scanning Directory Content.
* scandir: (libc)Scanning Directory Content.
* scanf: (libc)Formatted Input Functions.
* sched_get_priority_max: (libc)Basic Scheduling Functions.
* sched_get_priority_min: (libc)Basic Scheduling Functions.
* sched_getaffinity: (libc)CPU Affinity.
* sched_getparam: (libc)Basic Scheduling Functions.
* sched_getscheduler: (libc)Basic Scheduling Functions.
* sched_rr_get_interval: (libc)Basic Scheduling Functions.
* sched_setaffinity: (libc)CPU Affinity.
* sched_setparam: (libc)Basic Scheduling Functions.
* sched_setscheduler: (libc)Basic Scheduling Functions.
* sched_yield: (libc)Basic Scheduling Functions.
* secure_getenv: (libc)Environment Access.
* seed48: (libc)SVID Random.
* seed48_r: (libc)SVID Random.
* seekdir: (libc)Random Access Directory.
* select: (libc)Waiting for I/O.
* sem_clockwait: (libc)Waiting with Explicit Clocks.
* sem_close: (libc)Semaphores.
* sem_destroy: (libc)Semaphores.
* sem_getvalue: (libc)Semaphores.
* sem_init: (libc)Semaphores.
* sem_open: (libc)Semaphores.
* sem_post: (libc)Semaphores.
* sem_timedwait: (libc)Semaphores.
* sem_trywait: (libc)Semaphores.
* sem_unlink: (libc)Semaphores.
* sem_wait: (libc)Semaphores.
* semctl: (libc)Semaphores.
* semget: (libc)Semaphores.
* semop: (libc)Semaphores.
* semtimedop: (libc)Semaphores.
* send: (libc)Sending Data.
* sendmsg: (libc)Receiving Datagrams.
* sendto: (libc)Sending Datagrams.
* setbuf: (libc)Controlling Buffering.
* setbuffer: (libc)Controlling Buffering.
* setcontext: (libc)System V contexts.
* setdomainname: (libc)Host Identification.
* setegid: (libc)Setting Groups.
* setenv: (libc)Environment Access.
* seteuid: (libc)Setting User ID.
* setfsent: (libc)fstab.
* setgid: (libc)Setting Groups.
* setgrent: (libc)Scanning All Groups.
* setgroups: (libc)Setting Groups.
* sethostent: (libc)Host Names.
* sethostid: (libc)Host Identification.
* sethostname: (libc)Host Identification.
* setitimer: (libc)Setting an Alarm.
* setjmp: (libc)Non-Local Details.
* setlinebuf: (libc)Controlling Buffering.
* setlocale: (libc)Setting the Locale.
* setlogmask: (libc)setlogmask.
* setmntent: (libc)mtab.
* setnetent: (libc)Networks Database.
* setnetgrent: (libc)Lookup Netgroup.
* setpayload: (libc)FP Bit Twiddling.
* setpayloadf: (libc)FP Bit Twiddling.
* setpayloadfN: (libc)FP Bit Twiddling.
* setpayloadfNx: (libc)FP Bit Twiddling.
* setpayloadl: (libc)FP Bit Twiddling.
* setpayloadsig: (libc)FP Bit Twiddling.
* setpayloadsigf: (libc)FP Bit Twiddling.
* setpayloadsigfN: (libc)FP Bit Twiddling.
* setpayloadsigfNx: (libc)FP Bit Twiddling.
* setpayloadsigl: (libc)FP Bit Twiddling.
* setpgid: (libc)Process Group Functions.
* setpgrp: (libc)Process Group Functions.
* setpriority: (libc)Traditional Scheduling Functions.
* setprotoent: (libc)Protocols Database.
* setpwent: (libc)Scanning All Users.
* setregid: (libc)Setting Groups.
* setreuid: (libc)Setting User ID.
* setrlimit64: (libc)Limits on Resources.
* setrlimit: (libc)Limits on Resources.
* setservent: (libc)Services Database.
* setsid: (libc)Process Group Functions.
* setsockopt: (libc)Socket Option Functions.
* setstate: (libc)BSD Random.
* setstate_r: (libc)BSD Random.
* settimeofday: (libc)Setting and Adjusting the Time.
* setuid: (libc)Setting User ID.
* setutent: (libc)Manipulating the Database.
* setutxent: (libc)XPG Functions.
* setvbuf: (libc)Controlling Buffering.
* shm_open: (libc)Memory-mapped I/O.
* shm_unlink: (libc)Memory-mapped I/O.
* shutdown: (libc)Closing a Socket.
* sigabbrev_np: (libc)Signal Messages.
* sigaction: (libc)Advanced Signal Handling.
* sigaddset: (libc)Signal Sets.
* sigaltstack: (libc)Signal Stack.
* sigblock: (libc)BSD Signal Handling.
* sigdelset: (libc)Signal Sets.
* sigdescr_np: (libc)Signal Messages.
* sigemptyset: (libc)Signal Sets.
* sigfillset: (libc)Signal Sets.
* siginterrupt: (libc)BSD Signal Handling.
* sigismember: (libc)Signal Sets.
* siglongjmp: (libc)Non-Local Exits and Signals.
* sigmask: (libc)BSD Signal Handling.
* signal: (libc)Basic Signal Handling.
* signbit: (libc)FP Bit Twiddling.
* significand: (libc)Normalization Functions.
* significandf: (libc)Normalization Functions.
* significandl: (libc)Normalization Functions.
* sigpause: (libc)BSD Signal Handling.
* sigpending: (libc)Checking for Pending Signals.
* sigprocmask: (libc)Process Signal Mask.
* sigsetjmp: (libc)Non-Local Exits and Signals.
* sigsetmask: (libc)BSD Signal Handling.
* sigstack: (libc)Signal Stack.
* sigsuspend: (libc)Sigsuspend.
* sin: (libc)Trig Functions.
* sincos: (libc)Trig Functions.
* sincosf: (libc)Trig Functions.
* sincosfN: (libc)Trig Functions.
* sincosfNx: (libc)Trig Functions.
* sincosl: (libc)Trig Functions.
* sinf: (libc)Trig Functions.
* sinfN: (libc)Trig Functions.
* sinfNx: (libc)Trig Functions.
* sinh: (libc)Hyperbolic Functions.
* sinhf: (libc)Hyperbolic Functions.
* sinhfN: (libc)Hyperbolic Functions.
* sinhfNx: (libc)Hyperbolic Functions.
* sinhl: (libc)Hyperbolic Functions.
* sinl: (libc)Trig Functions.
* sleep: (libc)Sleeping.
* snprintf: (libc)Formatted Output Functions.
* socket: (libc)Creating a Socket.
* socketpair: (libc)Socket Pairs.
* sprintf: (libc)Formatted Output Functions.
* sqrt: (libc)Exponents and Logarithms.
* sqrtf: (libc)Exponents and Logarithms.
* sqrtfN: (libc)Exponents and Logarithms.
* sqrtfNx: (libc)Exponents and Logarithms.
* sqrtl: (libc)Exponents and Logarithms.
* srand48: (libc)SVID Random.
* srand48_r: (libc)SVID Random.
* srand: (libc)ISO Random.
* srandom: (libc)BSD Random.
* srandom_r: (libc)BSD Random.
* sscanf: (libc)Formatted Input Functions.
* ssignal: (libc)Basic Signal Handling.
* stat64: (libc)Reading Attributes.
* stat: (libc)Reading Attributes.
* stime: (libc)Setting and Adjusting the Time.
* stpcpy: (libc)Copying Strings and Arrays.
* stpncpy: (libc)Truncating Strings.
* strcasecmp: (libc)String/Array Comparison.
* strcasestr: (libc)Search Functions.
* strcat: (libc)Concatenating Strings.
* strchr: (libc)Search Functions.
* strchrnul: (libc)Search Functions.
* strcmp: (libc)String/Array Comparison.
* strcoll: (libc)Collation Functions.
* strcpy: (libc)Copying Strings and Arrays.
* strcspn: (libc)Search Functions.
* strdup: (libc)Copying Strings and Arrays.
* strdupa: (libc)Copying Strings and Arrays.
* strerror: (libc)Error Messages.
* strerror_r: (libc)Error Messages.
* strerrordesc_np: (libc)Error Messages.
* strerrorname_np: (libc)Error Messages.
* strfmon: (libc)Formatting Numbers.
* strfromd: (libc)Printing of Floats.
* strfromf: (libc)Printing of Floats.
* strfromfN: (libc)Printing of Floats.
* strfromfNx: (libc)Printing of Floats.
* strfroml: (libc)Printing of Floats.
* strfry: (libc)Shuffling Bytes.
* strftime: (libc)Formatting Calendar Time.
* strlen: (libc)String Length.
* strncasecmp: (libc)String/Array Comparison.
* strncat: (libc)Truncating Strings.
* strncmp: (libc)String/Array Comparison.
* strncpy: (libc)Truncating Strings.
* strndup: (libc)Truncating Strings.
* strndupa: (libc)Truncating Strings.
* strnlen: (libc)String Length.
* strpbrk: (libc)Search Functions.
* strptime: (libc)Low-Level Time String Parsing.
* strrchr: (libc)Search Functions.
* strsep: (libc)Finding Tokens in a String.
* strsignal: (libc)Signal Messages.
* strspn: (libc)Search Functions.
* strstr: (libc)Search Functions.
* strtod: (libc)Parsing of Floats.
* strtof: (libc)Parsing of Floats.
* strtofN: (libc)Parsing of Floats.
* strtofNx: (libc)Parsing of Floats.
* strtoimax: (libc)Parsing of Integers.
* strtok: (libc)Finding Tokens in a String.
* strtok_r: (libc)Finding Tokens in a String.
* strtol: (libc)Parsing of Integers.
* strtold: (libc)Parsing of Floats.
* strtoll: (libc)Parsing of Integers.
* strtoq: (libc)Parsing of Integers.
* strtoul: (libc)Parsing of Integers.
* strtoull: (libc)Parsing of Integers.
* strtoumax: (libc)Parsing of Integers.
* strtouq: (libc)Parsing of Integers.
* strverscmp: (libc)String/Array Comparison.
* strxfrm: (libc)Collation Functions.
* stty: (libc)BSD Terminal Modes.
* swapcontext: (libc)System V contexts.
* swprintf: (libc)Formatted Output Functions.
* swscanf: (libc)Formatted Input Functions.
* symlink: (libc)Symbolic Links.
* sync: (libc)Synchronizing I/O.
* syscall: (libc)System Calls.
* sysconf: (libc)Sysconf Definition.
* syslog: (libc)syslog; vsyslog.
* system: (libc)Running a Command.
* sysv_signal: (libc)Basic Signal Handling.
* tan: (libc)Trig Functions.
* tanf: (libc)Trig Functions.
* tanfN: (libc)Trig Functions.
* tanfNx: (libc)Trig Functions.
* tanh: (libc)Hyperbolic Functions.
* tanhf: (libc)Hyperbolic Functions.
* tanhfN: (libc)Hyperbolic Functions.
* tanhfNx: (libc)Hyperbolic Functions.
* tanhl: (libc)Hyperbolic Functions.
* tanl: (libc)Trig Functions.
* tcdrain: (libc)Line Control.
* tcflow: (libc)Line Control.
* tcflush: (libc)Line Control.
* tcgetattr: (libc)Mode Functions.
* tcgetpgrp: (libc)Terminal Access Functions.
* tcgetsid: (libc)Terminal Access Functions.
* tcsendbreak: (libc)Line Control.
* tcsetattr: (libc)Mode Functions.
* tcsetpgrp: (libc)Terminal Access Functions.
* tdelete: (libc)Tree Search Function.
* tdestroy: (libc)Tree Search Function.
* telldir: (libc)Random Access Directory.
* tempnam: (libc)Temporary Files.
* textdomain: (libc)Locating gettext catalog.
* tfind: (libc)Tree Search Function.
* tgamma: (libc)Special Functions.
* tgammaf: (libc)Special Functions.
* tgammafN: (libc)Special Functions.
* tgammafNx: (libc)Special Functions.
* tgammal: (libc)Special Functions.
* tgkill: (libc)Signaling Another Process.
* thrd_create: (libc)ISO C Thread Management.
* thrd_current: (libc)ISO C Thread Management.
* thrd_detach: (libc)ISO C Thread Management.
* thrd_equal: (libc)ISO C Thread Management.
* thrd_exit: (libc)ISO C Thread Management.
* thrd_join: (libc)ISO C Thread Management.
* thrd_sleep: (libc)ISO C Thread Management.
* thrd_yield: (libc)ISO C Thread Management.
* time: (libc)Getting the Time.
* timegm: (libc)Broken-down Time.
* timelocal: (libc)Broken-down Time.
* times: (libc)Processor Time.
* tmpfile64: (libc)Temporary Files.
* tmpfile: (libc)Temporary Files.
* tmpnam: (libc)Temporary Files.
* tmpnam_r: (libc)Temporary Files.
* toascii: (libc)Case Conversion.
* tolower: (libc)Case Conversion.
* totalorder: (libc)FP Comparison Functions.
* totalorderf: (libc)FP Comparison Functions.
* totalorderfN: (libc)FP Comparison Functions.
* totalorderfNx: (libc)FP Comparison Functions.
* totalorderl: (libc)FP Comparison Functions.
* totalordermag: (libc)FP Comparison Functions.
* totalordermagf: (libc)FP Comparison Functions.
* totalordermagfN: (libc)FP Comparison Functions.
* totalordermagfNx: (libc)FP Comparison Functions.
* totalordermagl: (libc)FP Comparison Functions.
* toupper: (libc)Case Conversion.
* towctrans: (libc)Wide Character Case Conversion.
* towlower: (libc)Wide Character Case Conversion.
* towupper: (libc)Wide Character Case Conversion.
* trunc: (libc)Rounding Functions.
* truncate64: (libc)File Size.
* truncate: (libc)File Size.
* truncf: (libc)Rounding Functions.
* truncfN: (libc)Rounding Functions.
* truncfNx: (libc)Rounding Functions.
* truncl: (libc)Rounding Functions.
* tsearch: (libc)Tree Search Function.
* tss_create: (libc)ISO C Thread-local Storage.
* tss_delete: (libc)ISO C Thread-local Storage.
* tss_get: (libc)ISO C Thread-local Storage.
* tss_set: (libc)ISO C Thread-local Storage.
* ttyname: (libc)Is It a Terminal.
* ttyname_r: (libc)Is It a Terminal.
* twalk: (libc)Tree Search Function.
* twalk_r: (libc)Tree Search Function.
* tzset: (libc)Time Zone Functions.
* ufromfp: (libc)Rounding Functions.
* ufromfpf: (libc)Rounding Functions.
* ufromfpfN: (libc)Rounding Functions.
* ufromfpfNx: (libc)Rounding Functions.
* ufromfpl: (libc)Rounding Functions.
* ufromfpx: (libc)Rounding Functions.
* ufromfpxf: (libc)Rounding Functions.
* ufromfpxfN: (libc)Rounding Functions.
* ufromfpxfNx: (libc)Rounding Functions.
* ufromfpxl: (libc)Rounding Functions.
* ulimit: (libc)Limits on Resources.
* umask: (libc)Setting Permissions.
* umount2: (libc)Mount-Unmount-Remount.
* umount: (libc)Mount-Unmount-Remount.
* uname: (libc)Platform Type.
* ungetc: (libc)How Unread.
* ungetwc: (libc)How Unread.
* unlink: (libc)Deleting Files.
* unlockpt: (libc)Allocation.
* unsetenv: (libc)Environment Access.
* updwtmp: (libc)Manipulating the Database.
* utime: (libc)File Times.
* utimes: (libc)File Times.
* utmpname: (libc)Manipulating the Database.
* utmpxname: (libc)XPG Functions.
* va_arg: (libc)Argument Macros.
* va_copy: (libc)Argument Macros.
* va_end: (libc)Argument Macros.
* va_start: (libc)Argument Macros.
* valloc: (libc)Aligned Memory Blocks.
* vasprintf: (libc)Variable Arguments Output.
* verr: (libc)Error Messages.
* verrx: (libc)Error Messages.
* versionsort64: (libc)Scanning Directory Content.
* versionsort: (libc)Scanning Directory Content.
* vfork: (libc)Creating a Process.
* vfprintf: (libc)Variable Arguments Output.
* vfscanf: (libc)Variable Arguments Input.
* vfwprintf: (libc)Variable Arguments Output.
* vfwscanf: (libc)Variable Arguments Input.
* vlimit: (libc)Limits on Resources.
* vprintf: (libc)Variable Arguments Output.
* vscanf: (libc)Variable Arguments Input.
* vsnprintf: (libc)Variable Arguments Output.
* vsprintf: (libc)Variable Arguments Output.
* vsscanf: (libc)Variable Arguments Input.
* vswprintf: (libc)Variable Arguments Output.
* vswscanf: (libc)Variable Arguments Input.
* vsyslog: (libc)syslog; vsyslog.
* vwarn: (libc)Error Messages.
* vwarnx: (libc)Error Messages.
* vwprintf: (libc)Variable Arguments Output.
* vwscanf: (libc)Variable Arguments Input.
* wait3: (libc)BSD Wait Functions.
* wait4: (libc)Process Completion.
* wait: (libc)Process Completion.
* waitpid: (libc)Process Completion.
* warn: (libc)Error Messages.
* warnx: (libc)Error Messages.
* wcpcpy: (libc)Copying Strings and Arrays.
* wcpncpy: (libc)Truncating Strings.
* wcrtomb: (libc)Converting a Character.
* wcscasecmp: (libc)String/Array Comparison.
* wcscat: (libc)Concatenating Strings.
* wcschr: (libc)Search Functions.
* wcschrnul: (libc)Search Functions.
* wcscmp: (libc)String/Array Comparison.
* wcscoll: (libc)Collation Functions.
* wcscpy: (libc)Copying Strings and Arrays.
* wcscspn: (libc)Search Functions.
* wcsdup: (libc)Copying Strings and Arrays.
* wcsftime: (libc)Formatting Calendar Time.
* wcslen: (libc)String Length.
* wcsncasecmp: (libc)String/Array Comparison.
* wcsncat: (libc)Truncating Strings.
* wcsncmp: (libc)String/Array Comparison.
* wcsncpy: (libc)Truncating Strings.
* wcsnlen: (libc)String Length.
* wcsnrtombs: (libc)Converting Strings.
* wcspbrk: (libc)Search Functions.
* wcsrchr: (libc)Search Functions.
* wcsrtombs: (libc)Converting Strings.
* wcsspn: (libc)Search Functions.
* wcsstr: (libc)Search Functions.
* wcstod: (libc)Parsing of Floats.
* wcstof: (libc)Parsing of Floats.
* wcstofN: (libc)Parsing of Floats.
* wcstofNx: (libc)Parsing of Floats.
* wcstoimax: (libc)Parsing of Integers.
* wcstok: (libc)Finding Tokens in a String.
* wcstol: (libc)Parsing of Integers.
* wcstold: (libc)Parsing of Floats.
* wcstoll: (libc)Parsing of Integers.
* wcstombs: (libc)Non-reentrant String Conversion.
* wcstoq: (libc)Parsing of Integers.
* wcstoul: (libc)Parsing of Integers.
* wcstoull: (libc)Parsing of Integers.
* wcstoumax: (libc)Parsing of Integers.
* wcstouq: (libc)Parsing of Integers.
* wcswcs: (libc)Search Functions.
* wcsxfrm: (libc)Collation Functions.
* wctob: (libc)Converting a Character.
* wctomb: (libc)Non-reentrant Character Conversion.
* wctrans: (libc)Wide Character Case Conversion.
* wctype: (libc)Classification of Wide Characters.
* wmemchr: (libc)Search Functions.
* wmemcmp: (libc)String/Array Comparison.
* wmemcpy: (libc)Copying Strings and Arrays.
* wmemmove: (libc)Copying Strings and Arrays.
* wmempcpy: (libc)Copying Strings and Arrays.
* wmemset: (libc)Copying Strings and Arrays.
* wordexp: (libc)Calling Wordexp.
* wordfree: (libc)Calling Wordexp.
* wprintf: (libc)Formatted Output Functions.
* write: (libc)I/O Primitives.
* writev: (libc)Scatter-Gather.
* wscanf: (libc)Formatted Input Functions.
* y0: (libc)Special Functions.
* y0f: (libc)Special Functions.
* y0fN: (libc)Special Functions.
* y0fNx: (libc)Special Functions.
* y0l: (libc)Special Functions.
* y1: (libc)Special Functions.
* y1f: (libc)Special Functions.
* y1fN: (libc)Special Functions.
* y1fNx: (libc)Special Functions.
* y1l: (libc)Special Functions.
* yn: (libc)Special Functions.
* ynf: (libc)Special Functions.
* ynfN: (libc)Special Functions.
* ynfNx: (libc)Special Functions.
* ynl: (libc)Special Functions.
END-INFO-DIR-ENTRY

File: libc.info, Node: Pseudo-Random Numbers, Next: FP Function Optimizations, Prev: Errors in Math Functions, Up: Mathematics
19.8 Pseudo-Random Numbers
==========================
This section describes the GNU facilities for generating a series of
pseudo-random numbers. The numbers generated are not truly random;
typically, they form a sequence that repeats periodically, with a period
so large that you can ignore it for ordinary purposes. The random
number generator works by remembering a "seed" value which it uses to
compute the next random number and also to compute a new seed.
Although the generated numbers look unpredictable within one run of a
program, the sequence of numbers is _exactly the same_ from one run to
the next. This is because the initial seed is always the same. This is
convenient when you are debugging a program, but it is unhelpful if you
want the program to behave unpredictably. If you want a different
pseudo-random series each time your program runs, you must specify a
different seed each time. For ordinary purposes, basing the seed on the
current time works well. For random numbers in cryptography, *note
Unpredictable Bytes::.
You can obtain repeatable sequences of numbers on a particular
machine type by specifying the same initial seed value for the random
number generator. There is no standard meaning for a particular seed
value; the same seed, used in different C libraries or on different CPU
types, will give you different random numbers.
The GNU C Library supports the standard ISO C random number functions
plus two other sets derived from BSD and SVID. The BSD and ISO C
functions provide identical, somewhat limited functionality. If only a
small number of random bits are required, we recommend you use the ISO C
interface, rand and srand. The SVID functions provide a more
flexible interface, which allows better random number generator
algorithms, provides more random bits (up to 48) per call, and can
provide random floating-point numbers. These functions are required by
the XPG standard and therefore will be present in all modern Unix
systems.
* Menu:
* ISO Random:: rand and friends.
* BSD Random:: random and friends.
* SVID Random:: drand48 and friends.

File: libc.info, Node: ISO Random, Next: BSD Random, Up: Pseudo-Random Numbers
19.8.1 ISO C Random Number Functions
------------------------------------
This section describes the random number functions that are part of the ISO C
standard.
To use these facilities, you should include the header file
stdlib.h in your program.
-- Macro: int RAND_MAX
The value of this macro is an integer constant representing the
largest value the rand function can return. In the GNU C
Library, it is 2147483647, which is the largest signed integer
representable in 32 bits. In other libraries, it may be as low as
32767.
-- Function: int rand (void)
Preliminary: | MT-Safe | AS-Unsafe lock | AC-Unsafe lock | *Note
POSIX Safety Concepts::.
The rand function returns the next pseudo-random number in the
series. The value ranges from 0 to RAND_MAX.
-- Function: void srand (unsigned int SEED)
Preliminary: | MT-Safe | AS-Unsafe lock | AC-Unsafe lock | *Note
POSIX Safety Concepts::.
This function establishes SEED as the seed for a new series of
pseudo-random numbers. If you call rand before a seed has been
established with srand, it uses the value 1 as a default seed.
To produce a different pseudo-random series each time your program
is run, do srand (time (0)).
POSIX.1 extended the C standard functions to support reproducible
random numbers in multi-threaded programs. However, the extension is
badly designed and unsuitable for serious work.
-- Function: int rand_r (unsigned int *SEED)
Preliminary: | MT-Safe | AS-Safe | AC-Safe | *Note POSIX Safety
Concepts::.
This function returns a random number in the range 0 to RAND_MAX
just as rand does. However, all its state is stored in the SEED
argument. This means the RNGs state can only have as many bits as
the type unsigned int has. This is far too few to provide a good
RNG.
If your program requires a reentrant RNG, we recommend you use the
reentrant GNU extensions to the SVID random number generator. The
POSIX.1 interface should only be used when the GNU extensions are
not available.

File: libc.info, Node: BSD Random, Next: SVID Random, Prev: ISO Random, Up: Pseudo-Random Numbers
19.8.2 BSD Random Number Functions
----------------------------------
This section describes a set of random number generation functions that
are derived from BSD. There is no advantage to using these functions
with the GNU C Library; we support them for BSD compatibility only.
The prototypes for these functions are in stdlib.h.
-- Function: long int random (void)
Preliminary: | MT-Safe | AS-Unsafe lock | AC-Unsafe lock | *Note
POSIX Safety Concepts::.
This function returns the next pseudo-random number in the
sequence. The value returned ranges from 0 to 2147483647.
*NB:* Temporarily this function was defined to return a int32_t
value to indicate that the return value always contains 32 bits
even if long int is wider. The standard demands it differently.
Users must always be aware of the 32-bit limitation, though.
-- Function: void srandom (unsigned int SEED)
Preliminary: | MT-Safe | AS-Unsafe lock | AC-Unsafe lock | *Note
POSIX Safety Concepts::.
The srandom function sets the state of the random number
generator based on the integer SEED. If you supply a SEED value of
1, this will cause random to reproduce the default set of
random numbers.
To produce a different set of pseudo-random numbers each time your
program runs, do srandom (time (0)).
-- Function: char * initstate (unsigned int SEED, char *STATE, size_t
SIZE)
Preliminary: | MT-Safe | AS-Unsafe lock | AC-Unsafe lock | *Note
POSIX Safety Concepts::.
The initstate function is used to initialize the random number
generator state. The argument STATE is an array of SIZE bytes,
used to hold the state information. It is initialized based on
SEED. The size must be between 8 and 256 bytes, and should be a
power of two. The bigger the STATE array, the better.
The return value is the previous value of the state information
array. You can use this value later as an argument to setstate
to restore that state.
-- Function: char * setstate (char *STATE)
Preliminary: | MT-Safe | AS-Unsafe lock | AC-Unsafe lock | *Note
POSIX Safety Concepts::.
The setstate function restores the random number state
information STATE. The argument must have been the result of a
previous call to INITSTATE or SETSTATE.
The return value is the previous value of the state information
array. You can use this value later as an argument to setstate
to restore that state.
If the function fails the return value is NULL.
The four functions described so far in this section all work on a
state which is shared by all threads. The state is not directly
accessible to the user and can only be modified by these functions.
This makes it hard to deal with situations where each thread should have
its own pseudo-random number generator.
The GNU C Library contains four additional functions which contain
the state as an explicit parameter and therefore make it possible to
handle thread-local PRNGs. Besides this there is no difference. In
fact, the four functions already discussed are implemented internally
using the following interfaces.
The stdlib.h header contains a definition of the following type:
-- Data Type: struct random_data
Objects of type struct random_data contain the information
necessary to represent the state of the PRNG. Although a complete
definition of the type is present the type should be treated as
opaque.
The functions modifying the state follow exactly the already
described functions.
-- Function: int random_r (struct random_data *restrict BUF, int32_t
*restrict RESULT)
Preliminary: | MT-Safe race:buf | AS-Safe | AC-Unsafe corrupt |
*Note POSIX Safety Concepts::.
The random_r function behaves exactly like the random function
except that it uses and modifies the state in the object pointed to
by the first parameter instead of the global state.
-- Function: int srandom_r (unsigned int SEED, struct random_data *BUF)
Preliminary: | MT-Safe race:buf | AS-Safe | AC-Unsafe corrupt |
*Note POSIX Safety Concepts::.
The srandom_r function behaves exactly like the srandom
function except that it uses and modifies the state in the object
pointed to by the second parameter instead of the global state.
-- Function: int initstate_r (unsigned int SEED, char *restrict
STATEBUF, size_t STATELEN, struct random_data *restrict BUF)
Preliminary: | MT-Safe race:buf | AS-Safe | AC-Unsafe corrupt |
*Note POSIX Safety Concepts::.
The initstate_r function behaves exactly like the initstate
function except that it uses and modifies the state in the object
pointed to by the fourth parameter instead of the global state.
-- Function: int setstate_r (char *restrict STATEBUF, struct
random_data *restrict BUF)
Preliminary: | MT-Safe race:buf | AS-Safe | AC-Unsafe corrupt |
*Note POSIX Safety Concepts::.
The setstate_r function behaves exactly like the setstate
function except that it uses and modifies the state in the object
pointed to by the first parameter instead of the global state.

File: libc.info, Node: SVID Random, Prev: BSD Random, Up: Pseudo-Random Numbers
19.8.3 SVID Random Number Function
----------------------------------
The C library on SVID systems contains yet another kind of random number
generator functions. They use a state of 48 bits of data. The user can
choose among a collection of functions which return the random bits in
different forms.
Generally there are two kinds of function. The first uses a state of
the random number generator which is shared among several functions and
by all threads of the process. The second requires the user to handle
the state.
All functions have in common that they use the same congruential
formula with the same constants. The formula is
Y = (a * X + c) mod m
where X is the state of the generator at the beginning and Y the state
at the end. a and c are constants determining the way the generator
works. By default they are
a = 0x5DEECE66D = 25214903917
c = 0xb = 11
but they can also be changed by the user. m is of course 2^48 since
the state consists of a 48-bit array.
The prototypes for these functions are in stdlib.h.
-- Function: double drand48 (void)
Preliminary: | MT-Unsafe race:drand48 | AS-Unsafe | AC-Unsafe
corrupt | *Note POSIX Safety Concepts::.
This function returns a double value in the range of 0.0 to
1.0 (exclusive). The random bits are determined by the global
state of the random number generator in the C library.
Since the double type according to IEEE 754 has a 52-bit mantissa
this means 4 bits are not initialized by the random number
generator. These are (of course) chosen to be the least
significant bits and they are initialized to 0.
-- Function: double erand48 (unsigned short int XSUBI[3])
Preliminary: | MT-Unsafe race:drand48 | AS-Unsafe | AC-Unsafe
corrupt | *Note POSIX Safety Concepts::.
This function returns a double value in the range of 0.0 to
1.0 (exclusive), similarly to drand48. The argument is an
array describing the state of the random number generator.
This function can be called subsequently since it updates the array
to guarantee random numbers. The array should have been
initialized before initial use to obtain reproducible results.
-- Function: long int lrand48 (void)
Preliminary: | MT-Unsafe race:drand48 | AS-Unsafe | AC-Unsafe
corrupt | *Note POSIX Safety Concepts::.
The lrand48 function returns an integer value in the range of 0
to 2^31 (exclusive). Even if the size of the long int type can
take more than 32 bits, no higher numbers are returned. The random
bits are determined by the global state of the random number
generator in the C library.
-- Function: long int nrand48 (unsigned short int XSUBI[3])
Preliminary: | MT-Unsafe race:drand48 | AS-Unsafe | AC-Unsafe
corrupt | *Note POSIX Safety Concepts::.
This function is similar to the lrand48 function in that it
returns a number in the range of 0 to 2^31 (exclusive) but the
state of the random number generator used to produce the random
bits is determined by the array provided as the parameter to the
function.
The numbers in the array are updated afterwards so that subsequent
calls to this function yield different results (as is expected of a
random number generator). The array should have been initialized
before the first call to obtain reproducible results.
-- Function: long int mrand48 (void)
Preliminary: | MT-Unsafe race:drand48 | AS-Unsafe | AC-Unsafe
corrupt | *Note POSIX Safety Concepts::.
The mrand48 function is similar to lrand48. The only
difference is that the numbers returned are in the range -2^31 to
2^31 (exclusive).
-- Function: long int jrand48 (unsigned short int XSUBI[3])
Preliminary: | MT-Unsafe race:drand48 | AS-Unsafe | AC-Unsafe
corrupt | *Note POSIX Safety Concepts::.
The jrand48 function is similar to nrand48. The only
difference is that the numbers returned are in the range -2^31 to
2^31 (exclusive). For the xsubi parameter the same
requirements are necessary.
The internal state of the random number generator can be initialized
in several ways. The methods differ in the completeness of the
information provided.
-- Function: void srand48 (long int SEEDVAL)
Preliminary: | MT-Unsafe race:drand48 | AS-Unsafe | AC-Unsafe
corrupt | *Note POSIX Safety Concepts::.
The srand48 function sets the most significant 32 bits of the
internal state of the random number generator to the least
significant 32 bits of the SEEDVAL parameter. The lower 16 bits
are initialized to the value 0x330E. Even if the long int type
contains more than 32 bits only the lower 32 bits are used.
Owing to this limitation, initialization of the state of this
function is not very useful. But it makes it easy to use a
construct like srand48 (time (0)).
A side-effect of this function is that the values a and c from
the internal state, which are used in the congruential formula, are
reset to the default values given above. This is of importance
once the user has called the lcong48 function (see below).
-- Function: unsigned short int * seed48 (unsigned short int
SEED16V[3])
Preliminary: | MT-Unsafe race:drand48 | AS-Unsafe | AC-Unsafe
corrupt | *Note POSIX Safety Concepts::.
The seed48 function initializes all 48 bits of the state of the
internal random number generator from the contents of the parameter
SEED16V. Here the lower 16 bits of the first element of SEED16V
initialize the least significant 16 bits of the internal state, the
lower 16 bits of SEED16V[1] initialize the mid-order 16 bits of
the state and the 16 lower bits of SEED16V[2] initialize the most
significant 16 bits of the state.
Unlike srand48 this function lets the user initialize all 48 bits
of the state.
The value returned by seed48 is a pointer to an array containing
the values of the internal state before the change. This might be
useful to restart the random number generator at a certain state.
Otherwise the value can simply be ignored.
As for srand48, the values a and c from the congruential
formula are reset to the default values.
There is one more function to initialize the random number generator
which enables you to specify even more information by allowing you to
change the parameters in the congruential formula.
-- Function: void lcong48 (unsigned short int PARAM[7])
Preliminary: | MT-Unsafe race:drand48 | AS-Unsafe | AC-Unsafe
corrupt | *Note POSIX Safety Concepts::.
The lcong48 function allows the user to change the complete state
of the random number generator. Unlike srand48 and seed48,
this function also changes the constants in the congruential
formula.
From the seven elements in the array PARAM the least significant 16
bits of the entries PARAM[0] to PARAM[2] determine the initial
state, the least significant 16 bits of PARAM[3] to PARAM[5]
determine the 48 bit constant a and PARAM[6] determines the
16-bit value c.
All the above functions have in common that they use the global
parameters for the congruential formula. In multi-threaded programs it
might sometimes be useful to have different parameters in different
threads. For this reason all the above functions have a counterpart
which works on a description of the random number generator in the
user-supplied buffer instead of the global state.
Please note that it is no problem if several threads use the global
state if all threads use the functions which take a pointer to an array
containing the state. The random numbers are computed following the
same loop but if the state in the array is different all threads will
obtain an individual random number generator.
The user-supplied buffer must be of type struct drand48_data. This
type should be regarded as opaque and not manipulated directly.
-- Function: int drand48_r (struct drand48_data *BUFFER, double
*RESULT)
Preliminary: | MT-Safe race:buffer | AS-Safe | AC-Unsafe corrupt |
*Note POSIX Safety Concepts::.
This function is equivalent to the drand48 function with the
difference that it does not modify the global random number
generator parameters but instead the parameters in the buffer
supplied through the pointer BUFFER. The random number is returned
in the variable pointed to by RESULT.
The return value of the function indicates whether the call
succeeded. If the value is less than 0 an error occurred and
errno is set to indicate the problem.
This function is a GNU extension and should not be used in portable
programs.
-- Function: int erand48_r (unsigned short int XSUBI[3], struct
drand48_data *BUFFER, double *RESULT)
Preliminary: | MT-Safe race:buffer | AS-Safe | AC-Unsafe corrupt |
*Note POSIX Safety Concepts::.
The erand48_r function works like erand48, but in addition it
takes an argument BUFFER which describes the random number
generator. The state of the random number generator is taken from
the xsubi array, the parameters for the congruential formula from
the global random number generator data. The random number is
returned in the variable pointed to by RESULT.
The return value is non-negative if the call succeeded.
This function is a GNU extension and should not be used in portable
programs.
-- Function: int lrand48_r (struct drand48_data *BUFFER, long int
*RESULT)
Preliminary: | MT-Safe race:buffer | AS-Safe | AC-Unsafe corrupt |
*Note POSIX Safety Concepts::.
This function is similar to lrand48, but in addition it takes a
pointer to a buffer describing the state of the random number
generator just like drand48.
If the return value of the function is non-negative the variable
pointed to by RESULT contains the result. Otherwise an error
occurred.
This function is a GNU extension and should not be used in portable
programs.
-- Function: int nrand48_r (unsigned short int XSUBI[3], struct
drand48_data *BUFFER, long int *RESULT)
Preliminary: | MT-Safe race:buffer | AS-Safe | AC-Unsafe corrupt |
*Note POSIX Safety Concepts::.
The nrand48_r function works like nrand48 in that it produces a
random number in the range 0 to 2^31. But instead of using the
global parameters for the congruential formula it uses the
information from the buffer pointed to by BUFFER. The state is
described by the values in XSUBI.
If the return value is non-negative the variable pointed to by
RESULT contains the result.
This function is a GNU extension and should not be used in portable
programs.
-- Function: int mrand48_r (struct drand48_data *BUFFER, long int
*RESULT)
Preliminary: | MT-Safe race:buffer | AS-Safe | AC-Unsafe corrupt |
*Note POSIX Safety Concepts::.
This function is similar to mrand48 but like the other reentrant
functions it uses the random number generator described by the
value in the buffer pointed to by BUFFER.
If the return value is non-negative the variable pointed to by
RESULT contains the result.
This function is a GNU extension and should not be used in portable
programs.
-- Function: int jrand48_r (unsigned short int XSUBI[3], struct
drand48_data *BUFFER, long int *RESULT)
Preliminary: | MT-Safe race:buffer | AS-Safe | AC-Unsafe corrupt |
*Note POSIX Safety Concepts::.
The jrand48_r function is similar to jrand48. Like the other
reentrant functions of this function family it uses the
congruential formula parameters from the buffer pointed to by
BUFFER.
If the return value is non-negative the variable pointed to by
RESULT contains the result.
This function is a GNU extension and should not be used in portable
programs.
Before any of the above functions are used the buffer of type struct
drand48_data should be initialized. The easiest way to do this is to
fill the whole buffer with null bytes, e.g. by
memset (buffer, '\0', sizeof (struct drand48_data));
Using any of the reentrant functions of this family now will
automatically initialize the random number generator to the default
values for the state and the parameters of the congruential formula.
The other possibility is to use any of the functions which explicitly
initialize the buffer. Though it might be obvious how to initialize the
buffer from looking at the parameter to the function, it is highly
recommended to use these functions since the result might not always be
what you expect.
-- Function: int srand48_r (long int SEEDVAL, struct drand48_data
*BUFFER)
Preliminary: | MT-Safe race:buffer | AS-Safe | AC-Unsafe corrupt |
*Note POSIX Safety Concepts::.
The description of the random number generator represented by the
information in BUFFER is initialized similarly to what the function
srand48 does. The state is initialized from the parameter
SEEDVAL and the parameters for the congruential formula are
initialized to their default values.
If the return value is non-negative the function call succeeded.
This function is a GNU extension and should not be used in portable
programs.
-- Function: int seed48_r (unsigned short int SEED16V[3], struct
drand48_data *BUFFER)
Preliminary: | MT-Safe race:buffer | AS-Safe | AC-Unsafe corrupt |
*Note POSIX Safety Concepts::.
This function is similar to srand48_r but like seed48 it
initializes all 48 bits of the state from the parameter SEED16V.
If the return value is non-negative the function call succeeded.
It does not return a pointer to the previous state of the random
number generator like the seed48 function does. If the user
wants to preserve the state for a later re-run s/he can copy the
whole buffer pointed to by BUFFER.
This function is a GNU extension and should not be used in portable
programs.
-- Function: int lcong48_r (unsigned short int PARAM[7], struct
drand48_data *BUFFER)
Preliminary: | MT-Safe race:buffer | AS-Safe | AC-Unsafe corrupt |
*Note POSIX Safety Concepts::.
This function initializes all aspects of the random number
generator described in BUFFER with the data in PARAM. Here it is
especially true that the function does more than just copying the
contents of PARAM and BUFFER. More work is required and therefore
it is important to use this function rather than initializing the
random number generator directly.
If the return value is non-negative the function call succeeded.
This function is a GNU extension and should not be used in portable
programs.

File: libc.info, Node: FP Function Optimizations, Prev: Pseudo-Random Numbers, Up: Mathematics
19.9 Is Fast Code or Small Code preferred?
==========================================
If an application uses many floating point functions it is often the
case that the cost of the function calls themselves is not negligible.
Modern processors can often execute the operations themselves very fast,
but the function call disrupts the instruction pipeline.
For this reason the GNU C Library provides optimizations for many of
the frequently-used math functions. When GNU CC is used and the user
activates the optimizer, several new inline functions and macros are
defined. These new functions and macros have the same names as the
library functions and so are used instead of the latter. In the case of
inline functions the compiler will decide whether it is reasonable to
use them, and this decision is usually correct.
This means that no calls to the library functions may be necessary,
and can increase the speed of generated code significantly. The
drawback is that code size will increase, and the increase is not always
negligible.
There are two kinds of inline functions: those that give the same
result as the library functions and others that might not set errno
and might have a reduced precision and/or argument range in comparison
with the library functions. The latter inline functions are only
available if the flag -ffast-math is given to GNU CC.
Not all hardware implements the entire IEEE 754 standard, and even if
it does there may be a substantial performance penalty for using some of
its features. For example, enabling traps on some processors forces the
FPU to run un-pipelined, which can more than double calculation time.

File: libc.info, Node: Arithmetic, Next: Date and Time, Prev: Mathematics, Up: Top
20 Arithmetic Functions
***********************
This chapter contains information about functions for doing basic
arithmetic operations, such as splitting a float into its integer and
fractional parts or retrieving the imaginary part of a complex value.
These functions are declared in the header files math.h and
complex.h.
* Menu:
* Integers:: Basic integer types and concepts
* Integer Division:: Integer division with guaranteed rounding.
* Floating Point Numbers:: Basic concepts. IEEE 754.
* Floating Point Classes:: The five kinds of floating-point number.
* Floating Point Errors:: When something goes wrong in a calculation.
* Rounding:: Controlling how results are rounded.
* Control Functions:: Saving and restoring the FPUs state.
* Arithmetic Functions:: Fundamental operations provided by the library.
* Complex Numbers:: The types. Writing complex constants.
* Operations on Complex:: Projection, conjugation, decomposition.
* Parsing of Numbers:: Converting strings to numbers.
* Printing of Floats:: Converting floating-point numbers to strings.
* System V Number Conversion:: An archaic way to convert numbers to strings.

File: libc.info, Node: Integers, Next: Integer Division, Up: Arithmetic
20.1 Integers
=============
The C language defines several integer data types: integer, short
integer, long integer, and character, all in both signed and unsigned
varieties. The GNU C compiler extends the language to contain long long
integers as well.
The C integer types were intended to allow code to be portable among
machines with different inherent data sizes (word sizes), so each type
may have different ranges on different machines. The problem with this
is that a program often needs to be written for a particular range of
integers, and sometimes must be written for a particular size of
storage, regardless of what machine the program runs on.
To address this problem, the GNU C Library contains C type
definitions you can use to declare integers that meet your exact needs.
Because the GNU C Library header files are customized to a specific
machine, your program source code doesnt have to be.
These typedefs are in stdint.h.
If you require that an integer be represented in exactly N bits, use
one of the following types, with the obvious mapping to bit size and
signedness:
• int8_t
• int16_t
• int32_t
• int64_t
• uint8_t
• uint16_t
• uint32_t
• uint64_t
If your C compiler and target machine do not allow integers of a
certain size, the corresponding above type does not exist.
If you dont need a specific storage size, but want the smallest data
structure with _at least_ N bits, use one of these:
• int_least8_t
• int_least16_t
• int_least32_t
• int_least64_t
• uint_least8_t
• uint_least16_t
• uint_least32_t
• uint_least64_t
If you dont need a specific storage size, but want the data
structure that allows the fastest access while having at least N bits
(and among data structures with the same access speed, the smallest
one), use one of these:
• int_fast8_t
• int_fast16_t
• int_fast32_t
• int_fast64_t
• uint_fast8_t
• uint_fast16_t
• uint_fast32_t
• uint_fast64_t
If you want an integer with the widest range possible on the platform
on which it is being used, use one of the following. If you use these,
you should write code that takes into account the variable size and
range of the integer.
• intmax_t
• uintmax_t
The GNU C Library also provides macros that tell you the maximum and
minimum possible values for each integer data type. The macro names
follow these examples: INT32_MAX, UINT8_MAX, INT_FAST32_MIN,
INT_LEAST64_MIN, UINTMAX_MAX, INTMAX_MAX, INTMAX_MIN. Note that
there are no macros for unsigned integer minima. These are always zero.
Similiarly, there are macros such as INTMAX_WIDTH for the width of
these types. Those macros for integer type widths come from TS
18661-1:2014.
There are similar macros for use with Cs built in integer types
which should come with your C compiler. These are described in *note
Data Type Measurements::.
Dont forget you can use the C sizeof function with any of these
data types to get the number of bytes of storage each uses.

File: libc.info, Node: Integer Division, Next: Floating Point Numbers, Prev: Integers, Up: Arithmetic
20.2 Integer Division
=====================
This section describes functions for performing integer division. These
functions are redundant when GNU CC is used, because in GNU C the /
operator always rounds towards zero. But in other C implementations,
/ may round differently with negative arguments. div and ldiv are
useful because they specify how to round the quotient: towards zero.
The remainder has the same sign as the numerator.
These functions are specified to return a result R such that the
value R.quot*DENOMINATOR + R.rem equals NUMERATOR.
To use these facilities, you should include the header file
stdlib.h in your program.
-- Data Type: div_t
This is a structure type used to hold the result returned by the
div function. It has the following members:
int quot
The quotient from the division.
int rem
The remainder from the division.
-- Function: div_t div (int NUMERATOR, int DENOMINATOR)
Preliminary: | MT-Safe | AS-Safe | AC-Safe | *Note POSIX Safety
Concepts::.
The function div computes the quotient and remainder from the
division of NUMERATOR by DENOMINATOR, returning the result in a
structure of type div_t.
If the result cannot be represented (as in a division by zero), the
behavior is undefined.
Here is an example, albeit not a very useful one.
div_t result;
result = div (20, -6);
Now result.quot is -3 and result.rem is 2.
-- Data Type: ldiv_t
This is a structure type used to hold the result returned by the
ldiv function. It has the following members:
long int quot
The quotient from the division.
long int rem
The remainder from the division.
(This is identical to div_t except that the components are of
type long int rather than int.)
-- Function: ldiv_t ldiv (long int NUMERATOR, long int DENOMINATOR)
Preliminary: | MT-Safe | AS-Safe | AC-Safe | *Note POSIX Safety
Concepts::.
The ldiv function is similar to div, except that the arguments
are of type long int and the result is returned as a structure of
type ldiv_t.
-- Data Type: lldiv_t
This is a structure type used to hold the result returned by the
lldiv function. It has the following members:
long long int quot
The quotient from the division.
long long int rem
The remainder from the division.
(This is identical to div_t except that the components are of
type long long int rather than int.)
-- Function: lldiv_t lldiv (long long int NUMERATOR, long long int
DENOMINATOR)
Preliminary: | MT-Safe | AS-Safe | AC-Safe | *Note POSIX Safety
Concepts::.
The lldiv function is like the div function, but the arguments
are of type long long int and the result is returned as a
structure of type lldiv_t.
The lldiv function was added in ISO C99.
-- Data Type: imaxdiv_t
This is a structure type used to hold the result returned by the
imaxdiv function. It has the following members:
intmax_t quot
The quotient from the division.
intmax_t rem
The remainder from the division.
(This is identical to div_t except that the components are of
type intmax_t rather than int.)
See *note Integers:: for a description of the intmax_t type.
-- Function: imaxdiv_t imaxdiv (intmax_t NUMERATOR, intmax_t
DENOMINATOR)
Preliminary: | MT-Safe | AS-Safe | AC-Safe | *Note POSIX Safety
Concepts::.
The imaxdiv function is like the div function, but the
arguments are of type intmax_t and the result is returned as a
structure of type imaxdiv_t.
See *note Integers:: for a description of the intmax_t type.
The imaxdiv function was added in ISO C99.

File: libc.info, Node: Floating Point Numbers, Next: Floating Point Classes, Prev: Integer Division, Up: Arithmetic
20.3 Floating Point Numbers
===========================
Most computer hardware has support for two different kinds of numbers:
integers (…-3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3…) and floating-point numbers.
Floating-point numbers have three parts: the "mantissa", the "exponent",
and the "sign bit". The real number represented by a floating-point
value is given by (s ? -1 : 1) * 2^e * M where s is the sign bit, e the
exponent, and M the mantissa. *Note Floating Point Concepts::, for
details. (It is possible to have a different "base" for the exponent,
but all modern hardware uses 2.)
Floating-point numbers can represent a finite subset of the real
numbers. While this subset is large enough for most purposes, it is
important to remember that the only reals that can be represented
exactly are rational numbers that have a terminating binary expansion
shorter than the width of the mantissa. Even simple fractions such as
1/5 can only be approximated by floating point.
Mathematical operations and functions frequently need to produce
values that are not representable. Often these values can be
approximated closely enough for practical purposes, but sometimes they
cant. Historically there was no way to tell when the results of a
calculation were inaccurate. Modern computers implement the IEEE 754
standard for numerical computations, which defines a framework for
indicating to the program when the results of calculation are not
trustworthy. This framework consists of a set of "exceptions" that
indicate why a result could not be represented, and the special values
"infinity" and "not a number" (NaN).

File: libc.info, Node: Floating Point Classes, Next: Floating Point Errors, Prev: Floating Point Numbers, Up: Arithmetic
20.4 Floating-Point Number Classification Functions
===================================================
ISO C99 defines macros that let you determine what sort of
floating-point number a variable holds.
-- Macro: int fpclassify (_float-type_ X)
Preliminary: | MT-Safe | AS-Safe | AC-Safe | *Note POSIX Safety
Concepts::.
This is a generic macro which works on all floating-point types and
which returns a value of type int. The possible values are:
FP_NAN
The floating-point number X is “Not a Number” (*note Infinity
and NaN::)
FP_INFINITE
The value of X is either plus or minus infinity (*note
Infinity and NaN::)
FP_ZERO
The value of X is zero. In floating-point formats like
IEEE 754, where zero can be signed, this value is also
returned if X is negative zero.
FP_SUBNORMAL
Numbers whose absolute value is too small to be represented in
the normal format are represented in an alternate,
"denormalized" format (*note Floating Point Concepts::). This
format is less precise but can represent values closer to
zero. fpclassify returns this value for values of X in this
alternate format.
FP_NORMAL
This value is returned for all other values of X. It
indicates that there is nothing special about the number.
fpclassify is most useful if more than one property of a number
must be tested. There are more specific macros which only test one
property at a time. Generally these macros execute faster than
fpclassify, since there is special hardware support for them. You
should therefore use the specific macros whenever possible.
-- Macro: int iscanonical (_float-type_ X)
Preliminary: | MT-Safe | AS-Safe | AC-Safe | *Note POSIX Safety
Concepts::.
In some floating-point formats, some values have canonical
(preferred) and noncanonical encodings (for IEEE interchange binary
formats, all encodings are canonical). This macro returns a
nonzero value if X has a canonical encoding. It is from TS
18661-1:2014.
Note that some formats have multiple encodings of a value which are
all equally canonical; iscanonical returns a nonzero value for
all such encodings. Also, formats may have encodings that do not
correspond to any valid value of the type. In ISO C terms these
are "trap representations"; in the GNU C Library, iscanonical
returns zero for such encodings.
-- Macro: int isfinite (_float-type_ X)
Preliminary: | MT-Safe | AS-Safe | AC-Safe | *Note POSIX Safety
Concepts::.
This macro returns a nonzero value if X is finite: not plus or
minus infinity, and not NaN. It is equivalent to
(fpclassify (x) != FP_NAN && fpclassify (x) != FP_INFINITE)
isfinite is implemented as a macro which accepts any
floating-point type.
-- Macro: int isnormal (_float-type_ X)
Preliminary: | MT-Safe | AS-Safe | AC-Safe | *Note POSIX Safety
Concepts::.
This macro returns a nonzero value if X is finite and normalized.
It is equivalent to
(fpclassify (x) == FP_NORMAL)
-- Macro: int isnan (_float-type_ X)
Preliminary: | MT-Safe | AS-Safe | AC-Safe | *Note POSIX Safety
Concepts::.
This macro returns a nonzero value if X is NaN. It is equivalent to
(fpclassify (x) == FP_NAN)
-- Macro: int issignaling (_float-type_ X)
Preliminary: | MT-Safe | AS-Safe | AC-Safe | *Note POSIX Safety
Concepts::.
This macro returns a nonzero value if X is a signaling NaN (sNaN).
It is from TS 18661-1:2014.
-- Macro: int issubnormal (_float-type_ X)
Preliminary: | MT-Safe | AS-Safe | AC-Safe | *Note POSIX Safety
Concepts::.
This macro returns a nonzero value if X is subnormal. It is from
TS 18661-1:2014.
-- Macro: int iszero (_float-type_ X)
Preliminary: | MT-Safe | AS-Safe | AC-Safe | *Note POSIX Safety
Concepts::.
This macro returns a nonzero value if X is zero. It is from TS
18661-1:2014.
Another set of floating-point classification functions was provided
by BSD. The GNU C Library also supports these functions; however, we
recommend that you use the ISO C99 macros in new code. Those are
standard and will be available more widely. Also, since they are
macros, you do not have to worry about the type of their argument.
-- Function: int isinf (double X)
-- Function: int isinff (float X)
-- Function: int isinfl (long double X)
Preliminary: | MT-Safe | AS-Safe | AC-Safe | *Note POSIX Safety
Concepts::.
This function returns -1 if X represents negative infinity, 1
if X represents positive infinity, and 0 otherwise.
-- Function: int isnan (double X)
-- Function: int isnanf (float X)
-- Function: int isnanl (long double X)
Preliminary: | MT-Safe | AS-Safe | AC-Safe | *Note POSIX Safety
Concepts::.
This function returns a nonzero value if X is a “not a number”
value, and zero otherwise.
*NB:* The isnan macro defined by ISO C99 overrides the BSD
function. This is normally not a problem, because the two routines
behave identically. However, if you really need to get the BSD
function for some reason, you can write
(isnan) (x)
-- Function: int finite (double X)
-- Function: int finitef (float X)
-- Function: int finitel (long double X)
Preliminary: | MT-Safe | AS-Safe | AC-Safe | *Note POSIX Safety
Concepts::.
This function returns a nonzero value if X is neither infinite nor
a “not a number” value, and zero otherwise.
*Portability Note:* The functions listed in this section are BSD
extensions.

File: libc.info, Node: Floating Point Errors, Next: Rounding, Prev: Floating Point Classes, Up: Arithmetic
20.5 Errors in Floating-Point Calculations
==========================================
* Menu:
* FP Exceptions:: IEEE 754 math exceptions and how to detect them.
* Infinity and NaN:: Special values returned by calculations.
* Status bit operations:: Checking for exceptions after the fact.
* Math Error Reporting:: How the math functions report errors.

File: libc.info, Node: FP Exceptions, Next: Infinity and NaN, Up: Floating Point Errors
20.5.1 FP Exceptions
--------------------
The IEEE 754 standard defines five "exceptions" that can occur during a
calculation. Each corresponds to a particular sort of error, such as
overflow.
When exceptions occur (when exceptions are "raised", in the language
of the standard), one of two things can happen. By default the
exception is simply noted in the floating-point "status word", and the
program continues as if nothing had happened. The operation produces a
default value, which depends on the exception (see the table below).
Your program can check the status word to find out which exceptions
happened.
Alternatively, you can enable "traps" for exceptions. In that case,
when an exception is raised, your program will receive the SIGFPE
signal. The default action for this signal is to terminate the program.
*Note Signal Handling::, for how you can change the effect of the
signal.
The exceptions defined in IEEE 754 are:
Invalid Operation
This exception is raised if the given operands are invalid for the
operation to be performed. Examples are (see IEEE 754, section 7):
1. Addition or subtraction: oo - oo. (But oo + oo = oo).
2. Multiplication: 0 * oo.
3. Division: 0/0 or oo/oo.
4. Remainder: x REM y, where y is zero or x is infinite.
5. Square root if the operand is less than zero. More generally,
any mathematical function evaluated outside its domain
produces this exception.
6. Conversion of a floating-point number to an integer or decimal
string, when the number cannot be represented in the target
format (due to overflow, infinity, or NaN).
7. Conversion of an unrecognizable input string.
8. Comparison via predicates involving < or >, when one or other
of the operands is NaN. You can prevent this exception by
using the unordered comparison functions instead; see *note FP
Comparison Functions::.
If the exception does not trap, the result of the operation is NaN.
Division by Zero
This exception is raised when a finite nonzero number is divided by
zero. If no trap occurs the result is either +oo or -oo, depending
on the signs of the operands.
Overflow
This exception is raised whenever the result cannot be represented
as a finite value in the precision format of the destination. If
no trap occurs the result depends on the sign of the intermediate
result and the current rounding mode (IEEE 754, section 7.3):
1. Round to nearest carries all overflows to oo with the sign of
the intermediate result.
2. Round toward 0 carries all overflows to the largest
representable finite number with the sign of the intermediate
result.
3. Round toward -oo carries positive overflows to the largest
representable finite number and negative overflows to -oo.
4. Round toward oo carries negative overflows to the most
negative representable finite number and positive overflows to
oo.
Whenever the overflow exception is raised, the inexact exception is
also raised.
Underflow
The underflow exception is raised when an intermediate result is
too small to be calculated accurately, or if the operations result
rounded to the destination precision is too small to be normalized.
When no trap is installed for the underflow exception, underflow is
signaled (via the underflow flag) only when both tininess and loss
of accuracy have been detected. If no trap handler is installed
the operation continues with an imprecise small value, or zero if
the destination precision cannot hold the small exact result.
Inexact
This exception is signalled if a rounded result is not exact (such
as when calculating the square root of two) or a result overflows
without an overflow trap.

File: libc.info, Node: Infinity and NaN, Next: Status bit operations, Prev: FP Exceptions, Up: Floating Point Errors
20.5.2 Infinity and NaN
-----------------------
IEEE 754 floating point numbers can represent positive or negative
infinity, and "NaN" (not a number). These three values arise from
calculations whose result is undefined or cannot be represented
accurately. You can also deliberately set a floating-point variable to
any of them, which is sometimes useful. Some examples of calculations
that produce infinity or NaN:
1/0 = oo
log (0) = -oo
sqrt (-1) = NaN
When a calculation produces any of these values, an exception also
occurs; see *note FP Exceptions::.
The basic operations and math functions all accept infinity and NaN
and produce sensible output. Infinities propagate through calculations
as one would expect: for example, 2 + oo = oo, 4/oo = 0, atan (oo) =
pi/2. NaN, on the other hand, infects any calculation that involves it.
Unless the calculation would produce the same result no matter what real
value replaced NaN, the result is NaN.
In comparison operations, positive infinity is larger than all values
except itself and NaN, and negative infinity is smaller than all values
except itself and NaN. NaN is "unordered": it is not equal to, greater
than, or less than anything, _including itself_. x == x is false if
the value of x is NaN. You can use this to test whether a value is NaN
or not, but the recommended way to test for NaN is with the isnan
function (*note Floating Point Classes::). In addition, <, >, <=,
and >= will raise an exception when applied to NaNs.
math.h defines macros that allow you to explicitly set a variable
to infinity or NaN.
-- Macro: float INFINITY
An expression representing positive infinity. It is equal to the
value produced by mathematical operations like 1.0 / 0.0.
-INFINITY represents negative infinity.
You can test whether a floating-point value is infinite by
comparing it to this macro. However, this is not recommended; you
should use the isfinite macro instead. *Note Floating Point
Classes::.
This macro was introduced in the ISO C99 standard.
-- Macro: float NAN
An expression representing a value which is “not a number”. This
macro is a GNU extension, available only on machines that support
the “not a number” value—that is to say, on all machines that
support IEEE floating point.
You can use #ifdef NAN to test whether the machine supports NaN.
(Of course, you must arrange for GNU extensions to be visible, such
as by defining _GNU_SOURCE, and then you must include math.h.)
-- Macro: float SNANF
-- Macro: double SNAN
-- Macro: long double SNANL
-- Macro: _FloatN SNANFN
-- Macro: _FloatNx SNANFNx
These macros, defined by TS 18661-1:2014 and TS 18661-3:2015, are
constant expressions for signaling NaNs.
-- Macro: int FE_SNANS_ALWAYS_SIGNAL
This macro, defined by TS 18661-1:2014, is defined to 1 in
fenv.h to indicate that functions and operations with signaling
NaN inputs and floating-point results always raise the invalid
exception and return a quiet NaN, even in cases (such as fmax,
hypot and pow) where a quiet NaN input can produce a non-NaN
result. Because some compiler optimizations may not handle
signaling NaNs correctly, this macro is only defined if compiler
support for signaling NaNs is enabled. That support can be enabled
with the GCC option -fsignaling-nans.
IEEE 754 also allows for another unusual value: negative zero. This
value is produced when you divide a positive number by negative
infinity, or when a negative result is smaller than the limits of
representation.

File: libc.info, Node: Status bit operations, Next: Math Error Reporting, Prev: Infinity and NaN, Up: Floating Point Errors
20.5.3 Examining the FPU status word
------------------------------------
ISO C99 defines functions to query and manipulate the floating-point
status word. You can use these functions to check for untrapped
exceptions when its convenient, rather than worrying about them in the
middle of a calculation.
These constants represent the various IEEE 754 exceptions. Not all
FPUs report all the different exceptions. Each constant is defined if
and only if the FPU you are compiling for supports that exception, so
you can test for FPU support with #ifdef. They are defined in
fenv.h.
FE_INEXACT
The inexact exception.
FE_DIVBYZERO
The divide by zero exception.
FE_UNDERFLOW
The underflow exception.
FE_OVERFLOW
The overflow exception.
FE_INVALID
The invalid exception.
The macro FE_ALL_EXCEPT is the bitwise OR of all exception macros
which are supported by the FP implementation.
These functions allow you to clear exception flags, test for
exceptions, and save and restore the set of exceptions flagged.
-- Function: int feclearexcept (int EXCEPTS)
Preliminary: | MT-Safe | AS-Safe !posix | AC-Safe !posix | *Note
POSIX Safety Concepts::.
This function clears all of the supported exception flags indicated
by EXCEPTS.
The function returns zero in case the operation was successful, a
non-zero value otherwise.
-- Function: int feraiseexcept (int EXCEPTS)
Preliminary: | MT-Safe | AS-Safe | AC-Safe | *Note POSIX Safety
Concepts::.
This function raises the supported exceptions indicated by EXCEPTS.
If more than one exception bit in EXCEPTS is set the order in which
the exceptions are raised is undefined except that overflow
(FE_OVERFLOW) or underflow (FE_UNDERFLOW) are raised before
inexact (FE_INEXACT). Whether for overflow or underflow the
inexact exception is also raised is also implementation dependent.
The function returns zero in case the operation was successful, a
non-zero value otherwise.
-- Function: int fesetexcept (int EXCEPTS)
Preliminary: | MT-Safe | AS-Safe | AC-Safe | *Note POSIX Safety
Concepts::.
This function sets the supported exception flags indicated by
EXCEPTS, like feraiseexcept, but without causing enabled traps to
be taken. fesetexcept is from TS 18661-1:2014.
The function returns zero in case the operation was successful, a
non-zero value otherwise.
-- Function: int fetestexcept (int EXCEPTS)
Preliminary: | MT-Safe | AS-Safe | AC-Safe | *Note POSIX Safety
Concepts::.
Test whether the exception flags indicated by the parameter EXCEPT
are currently set. If any of them are, a nonzero value is returned
which specifies which exceptions are set. Otherwise the result is
zero.
To understand these functions, imagine that the status word is an
integer variable named STATUS. feclearexcept is then equivalent to
status &= ~excepts and fetestexcept is equivalent to (status &
excepts). The actual implementation may be very different, of course.
Exception flags are only cleared when the program explicitly requests
it, by calling feclearexcept. If you want to check for exceptions
from a set of calculations, you should clear all the flags first. Here
is a simple example of the way to use fetestexcept:
{
double f;
int raised;
feclearexcept (FE_ALL_EXCEPT);
f = compute ();
raised = fetestexcept (FE_OVERFLOW | FE_INVALID);
if (raised & FE_OVERFLOW) { /* … */ }
if (raised & FE_INVALID) { /* … */ }
/* … */
}
You cannot explicitly set bits in the status word. You can, however,
save the entire status word and restore it later. This is done with the
following functions:
-- Function: int fegetexceptflag (fexcept_t *FLAGP, int EXCEPTS)
Preliminary: | MT-Safe | AS-Safe | AC-Safe | *Note POSIX Safety
Concepts::.
This function stores in the variable pointed to by FLAGP an
implementation-defined value representing the current setting of
the exception flags indicated by EXCEPTS.
The function returns zero in case the operation was successful, a
non-zero value otherwise.
-- Function: int fesetexceptflag (const fexcept_t *FLAGP, int EXCEPTS)
Preliminary: | MT-Safe | AS-Safe | AC-Safe | *Note POSIX Safety
Concepts::.
This function restores the flags for the exceptions indicated by
EXCEPTS to the values stored in the variable pointed to by FLAGP.
The function returns zero in case the operation was successful, a
non-zero value otherwise.
Note that the value stored in fexcept_t bears no resemblance to the
bit mask returned by fetestexcept. The type may not even be an
integer. Do not attempt to modify an fexcept_t variable.
-- Function: int fetestexceptflag (const fexcept_t *FLAGP, int EXCEPTS)
Preliminary: | MT-Safe | AS-Safe | AC-Safe | *Note POSIX Safety
Concepts::.
Test whether the exception flags indicated by the parameter EXCEPTS
are set in the variable pointed to by FLAGP. If any of them are, a
nonzero value is returned which specifies which exceptions are set.
Otherwise the result is zero. fetestexceptflag is from TS
18661-1:2014.

File: libc.info, Node: Math Error Reporting, Prev: Status bit operations, Up: Floating Point Errors
20.5.4 Error Reporting by Mathematical Functions
------------------------------------------------
Many of the math functions are defined only over a subset of the real or
complex numbers. Even if they are mathematically defined, their result
may be larger or smaller than the range representable by their return
type without loss of accuracy. These are known as "domain errors",
"overflows", and "underflows", respectively. Math functions do several
things when one of these errors occurs. In this manual we will refer to
the complete response as "signalling" a domain error, overflow, or
underflow.
When a math function suffers a domain error, it raises the invalid
exception and returns NaN. It also sets errno to EDOM; this is for
compatibility with old systems that do not support IEEE 754 exception
handling. Likewise, when overflow occurs, math functions raise the
overflow exception and, in the default rounding mode, return oo or -oo
as appropriate (in other rounding modes, the largest finite value of the
appropriate sign is returned when appropriate for that rounding mode).
They also set errno to ERANGE if returning oo or -oo; errno may or
may not be set to ERANGE when a finite value is returned on overflow.
When underflow occurs, the underflow exception is raised, and zero
(appropriately signed) or a subnormal value, as appropriate for the
mathematical result of the function and the rounding mode, is returned.
errno may be set to ERANGE, but this is not guaranteed; it is
intended that the GNU C Library should set it when the underflow is to
an appropriately signed zero, but not necessarily for other underflows.
When a math function has an argument that is a signaling NaN, the GNU
C Library does not consider this a domain error, so errno is
unchanged, but the invalid exception is still raised (except for a few
functions that are specified to handle signaling NaNs differently).
Some of the math functions are defined mathematically to result in a
complex value over parts of their domains. The most familiar example of
this is taking the square root of a negative number. The complex math
functions, such as csqrt, will return the appropriate complex value in
this case. The real-valued functions, such as sqrt, will signal a
domain error.
Some older hardware does not support infinities. On that hardware,
overflows instead return a particular very large number (usually the
largest representable number). math.h defines macros you can use to
test for overflow on both old and new hardware.
-- Macro: double HUGE_VAL
-- Macro: float HUGE_VALF
-- Macro: long double HUGE_VALL
-- Macro: _FloatN HUGE_VAL_FN
-- Macro: _FloatNx HUGE_VAL_FNx
An expression representing a particular very large number. On
machines that use IEEE 754 floating point format, HUGE_VAL is
infinity. On other machines, its typically the largest positive
number that can be represented.
Mathematical functions return the appropriately typed version of
HUGE_VAL or HUGE_VAL when the result is too large to be
represented.

File: libc.info, Node: Rounding, Next: Control Functions, Prev: Floating Point Errors, Up: Arithmetic
20.6 Rounding Modes
===================
Floating-point calculations are carried out internally with extra
precision, and then rounded to fit into the destination type. This
ensures that results are as precise as the input data. IEEE 754 defines
four possible rounding modes:
Round to nearest.
This is the default mode. It should be used unless there is a
specific need for one of the others. In this mode results are
rounded to the nearest representable value. If the result is
midway between two representable values, the even representable is
chosen. "Even" here means the lowest-order bit is zero. This
rounding mode prevents statistical bias and guarantees numeric
stability: round-off errors in a lengthy calculation will remain
smaller than half of FLT_EPSILON.
Round toward plus Infinity.
All results are rounded to the smallest representable value which
is greater than the result.
Round toward minus Infinity.
All results are rounded to the largest representable value which is
less than the result.
Round toward zero.
All results are rounded to the largest representable value whose
magnitude is less than that of the result. In other words, if the
result is negative it is rounded up; if it is positive, it is
rounded down.
fenv.h defines constants which you can use to refer to the various
rounding modes. Each one will be defined if and only if the FPU
supports the corresponding rounding mode.
FE_TONEAREST
Round to nearest.
FE_UPWARD
Round toward +oo.
FE_DOWNWARD
Round toward -oo.
FE_TOWARDZERO
Round toward zero.
Underflow is an unusual case. Normally, IEEE 754 floating point
numbers are always normalized (*note Floating Point Concepts::).
Numbers smaller than 2^r (where r is the minimum exponent,
FLT_MIN_RADIX-1 for FLOAT) cannot be represented as normalized
numbers. Rounding all such numbers to zero or 2^r would cause some
algorithms to fail at 0. Therefore, they are left in denormalized form.
That produces loss of precision, since some bits of the mantissa are
stolen to indicate the decimal point.
If a result is too small to be represented as a denormalized number,
it is rounded to zero. However, the sign of the result is preserved; if
the calculation was negative, the result is "negative zero". Negative
zero can also result from some operations on infinity, such as 4/-oo.
At any time, one of the above four rounding modes is selected. You
can find out which one with this function:
-- Function: int fegetround (void)
Preliminary: | MT-Safe | AS-Safe | AC-Safe | *Note POSIX Safety
Concepts::.
Returns the currently selected rounding mode, represented by one of
the values of the defined rounding mode macros.
To change the rounding mode, use this function:
-- Function: int fesetround (int ROUND)
Preliminary: | MT-Safe | AS-Safe | AC-Safe | *Note POSIX Safety
Concepts::.
Changes the currently selected rounding mode to ROUND. If ROUND
does not correspond to one of the supported rounding modes nothing
is changed. fesetround returns zero if it changed the rounding
mode, or a nonzero value if the mode is not supported.
You should avoid changing the rounding mode if possible. It can be
an expensive operation; also, some hardware requires you to compile your
program differently for it to work. The resulting code may run slower.
See your compiler documentation for details.

File: libc.info, Node: Control Functions, Next: Arithmetic Functions, Prev: Rounding, Up: Arithmetic
20.7 Floating-Point Control Functions
=====================================
IEEE 754 floating-point implementations allow the programmer to decide
whether traps will occur for each of the exceptions, by setting bits in
the "control word". In C, traps result in the program receiving the
SIGFPE signal; see *note Signal Handling::.
*NB:* IEEE 754 says that trap handlers are given details of the
exceptional situation, and can set the result value. C signals do not
provide any mechanism to pass this information back and forth. Trapping
exceptions in C is therefore not very useful.
It is sometimes necessary to save the state of the floating-point
unit while you perform some calculation. The library provides functions
which save and restore the exception flags, the set of exceptions that
generate traps, and the rounding mode. This information is known as the
"floating-point environment".
The functions to save and restore the floating-point environment all
use a variable of type fenv_t to store information. This type is
defined in fenv.h. Its size and contents are implementation-defined.
You should not attempt to manipulate a variable of this type directly.
To save the state of the FPU, use one of these functions:
-- Function: int fegetenv (fenv_t *ENVP)
Preliminary: | MT-Safe | AS-Safe | AC-Safe | *Note POSIX Safety
Concepts::.
Store the floating-point environment in the variable pointed to by
ENVP.
The function returns zero in case the operation was successful, a
non-zero value otherwise.
-- Function: int feholdexcept (fenv_t *ENVP)
Preliminary: | MT-Safe | AS-Safe | AC-Safe | *Note POSIX Safety
Concepts::.
Store the current floating-point environment in the object pointed
to by ENVP. Then clear all exception flags, and set the FPU to
trap no exceptions. Not all FPUs support trapping no exceptions;
if feholdexcept cannot set this mode, it returns nonzero value.
If it succeeds, it returns zero.
The functions which restore the floating-point environment can take
these kinds of arguments:
• Pointers to fenv_t objects, which were initialized previously by
a call to fegetenv or feholdexcept.
• The special macro FE_DFL_ENV which represents the floating-point
environment as it was available at program start.
• Implementation defined macros with names starting with FE_ and
having type fenv_t *.
If possible, the GNU C Library defines a macro FE_NOMASK_ENV
which represents an environment where every exception raised causes
a trap to occur. You can test for this macro using #ifdef. It
is only defined if _GNU_SOURCE is defined.
Some platforms might define other predefined environments.
To set the floating-point environment, you can use either of these
functions:
-- Function: int fesetenv (const fenv_t *ENVP)
Preliminary: | MT-Safe | AS-Safe | AC-Safe | *Note POSIX Safety
Concepts::.
Set the floating-point environment to that described by ENVP.
The function returns zero in case the operation was successful, a
non-zero value otherwise.
-- Function: int feupdateenv (const fenv_t *ENVP)
Preliminary: | MT-Safe | AS-Safe | AC-Safe | *Note POSIX Safety
Concepts::.
Like fesetenv, this function sets the floating-point environment
to that described by ENVP. However, if any exceptions were flagged
in the status word before feupdateenv was called, they remain
flagged after the call. In other words, after feupdateenv is
called, the status word is the bitwise OR of the previous status
word and the one saved in ENVP.
The function returns zero in case the operation was successful, a
non-zero value otherwise.
TS 18661-1:2014 defines additional functions to save and restore
floating-point control modes (such as the rounding mode and whether
traps are enabled) while leaving other status (such as raised flags)
unchanged.
The special macro FE_DFL_MODE may be passed to fesetmode. It
represents the floating-point control modes at program start.
-- Function: int fegetmode (femode_t *MODEP)
Preliminary: | MT-Safe | AS-Safe | AC-Safe | *Note POSIX Safety
Concepts::.
Store the floating-point control modes in the variable pointed to
by MODEP.
The function returns zero in case the operation was successful, a
non-zero value otherwise.
-- Function: int fesetmode (const femode_t *MODEP)
Preliminary: | MT-Safe | AS-Safe | AC-Safe | *Note POSIX Safety
Concepts::.
Set the floating-point control modes to those described by MODEP.
The function returns zero in case the operation was successful, a
non-zero value otherwise.
To control for individual exceptions if raising them causes a trap to
occur, you can use the following two functions.
*Portability Note:* These functions are all GNU extensions.
-- Function: int feenableexcept (int EXCEPTS)
Preliminary: | MT-Safe | AS-Safe | AC-Safe | *Note POSIX Safety
Concepts::.
This function enables traps for each of the exceptions as indicated
by the parameter EXCEPTS. The individual exceptions are described
in *note Status bit operations::. Only the specified exceptions
are enabled, the status of the other exceptions is not changed.
The function returns the previous enabled exceptions in case the
operation was successful, -1 otherwise.
-- Function: int fedisableexcept (int EXCEPTS)
Preliminary: | MT-Safe | AS-Safe | AC-Safe | *Note POSIX Safety
Concepts::.
This function disables traps for each of the exceptions as
indicated by the parameter EXCEPTS. The individual exceptions are
described in *note Status bit operations::. Only the specified
exceptions are disabled, the status of the other exceptions is not
changed.
The function returns the previous enabled exceptions in case the
operation was successful, -1 otherwise.
-- Function: int fegetexcept (void)
Preliminary: | MT-Safe | AS-Safe | AC-Safe | *Note POSIX Safety
Concepts::.
The function returns a bitmask of all currently enabled exceptions.
It returns -1 in case of failure.

File: libc.info, Node: Arithmetic Functions, Next: Complex Numbers, Prev: Control Functions, Up: Arithmetic
20.8 Arithmetic Functions
=========================
The C library provides functions to do basic operations on
floating-point numbers. These include absolute value, maximum and
minimum, normalization, bit twiddling, rounding, and a few others.
* Menu:
* Absolute Value:: Absolute values of integers and floats.
* Normalization Functions:: Extracting exponents and putting them back.
* Rounding Functions:: Rounding floats to integers.
* Remainder Functions:: Remainders on division, precisely defined.
* FP Bit Twiddling:: Sign bit adjustment. Adding epsilon.
* FP Comparison Functions:: Comparisons without risk of exceptions.
* Misc FP Arithmetic:: Max, min, positive difference, multiply-add.

File: libc.info, Node: Absolute Value, Next: Normalization Functions, Up: Arithmetic Functions
20.8.1 Absolute Value
---------------------
These functions are provided for obtaining the "absolute value" (or
"magnitude") of a number. The absolute value of a real number X is X if
X is positive, X if X is negative. For a complex number Z, whose real
part is X and whose imaginary part is Y, the absolute value is
sqrt (X*X + Y*Y).
Prototypes for abs, labs and llabs are in stdlib.h; imaxabs
is declared in inttypes.h; the fabs functions are declared in
math.h; the cabs functions are declared in complex.h.
-- Function: int abs (int NUMBER)
-- Function: long int labs (long int NUMBER)
-- Function: long long int llabs (long long int NUMBER)
-- Function: intmax_t imaxabs (intmax_t NUMBER)
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Concepts::.
These functions return the absolute value of NUMBER.
Most computers use a twos complement integer representation, in
which the absolute value of INT_MIN (the smallest possible int)
cannot be represented; thus, abs (INT_MIN) is not defined.
llabs and imaxdiv are new to ISO C99.
See *note Integers:: for a description of the intmax_t type.
-- Function: double fabs (double NUMBER)
-- Function: float fabsf (float NUMBER)
-- Function: long double fabsl (long double NUMBER)
-- Function: _FloatN fabsfN (_FloatN NUMBER)
-- Function: _FloatNx fabsfNx (_FloatNx NUMBER)
Preliminary: | MT-Safe | AS-Safe | AC-Safe | *Note POSIX Safety
Concepts::.
This function returns the absolute value of the floating-point
number NUMBER.
-- Function: double cabs (complex double Z)
-- Function: float cabsf (complex float Z)
-- Function: long double cabsl (complex long double Z)
-- Function: _FloatN cabsfN (complex _FloatN Z)
-- Function: _FloatNx cabsfNx (complex _FloatNx Z)
Preliminary: | MT-Safe | AS-Safe | AC-Safe | *Note POSIX Safety
Concepts::.
These functions return the absolute value of the complex number Z
(*note Complex Numbers::). The absolute value of a complex number
is:
sqrt (creal (Z) * creal (Z) + cimag (Z) * cimag (Z))
This function should always be used instead of the direct formula
because it takes special care to avoid losing precision. It may
also take advantage of hardware support for this operation. See
hypot in *note Exponents and Logarithms::.

File: libc.info, Node: Normalization Functions, Next: Rounding Functions, Prev: Absolute Value, Up: Arithmetic Functions
20.8.2 Normalization Functions
------------------------------
The functions described in this section are primarily provided as a way
to efficiently perform certain low-level manipulations on floating point
numbers that are represented internally using a binary radix; see *note
Floating Point Concepts::. These functions are required to have
equivalent behavior even if the representation does not use a radix of
2, but of course they are unlikely to be particularly efficient in those
cases.
All these functions are declared in math.h.
-- Function: double frexp (double VALUE, int *EXPONENT)
-- Function: float frexpf (float VALUE, int *EXPONENT)
-- Function: long double frexpl (long double VALUE, int *EXPONENT)
-- Function: _FloatN frexpfN (_FloatN VALUE, int *EXPONENT)
-- Function: _FloatNx frexpfNx (_FloatNx VALUE, int *EXPONENT)
Preliminary: | MT-Safe | AS-Safe | AC-Safe | *Note POSIX Safety
Concepts::.
These functions are used to split the number VALUE into a
normalized fraction and an exponent.
If the argument VALUE is not zero, the return value is VALUE times
a power of two, and its magnitude is always in the range 1/2
(inclusive) to 1 (exclusive). The corresponding exponent is stored
in *EXPONENT; the return value multiplied by 2 raised to this
exponent equals the original number VALUE.
For example, frexp (12.8, &exponent) returns 0.8 and stores 4
in exponent.
If VALUE is zero, then the return value is zero and zero is stored
in *EXPONENT.
-- Function: double ldexp (double VALUE, int EXPONENT)
-- Function: float ldexpf (float VALUE, int EXPONENT)
-- Function: long double ldexpl (long double VALUE, int EXPONENT)
-- Function: _FloatN ldexpfN (_FloatN VALUE, int EXPONENT)
-- Function: _FloatNx ldexpfNx (_FloatNx VALUE, int EXPONENT)
Preliminary: | MT-Safe | AS-Safe | AC-Safe | *Note POSIX Safety
Concepts::.
These functions return the result of multiplying the floating-point
number VALUE by 2 raised to the power EXPONENT. (It can be used to
reassemble floating-point numbers that were taken apart by
frexp.)
For example, ldexp (0.8, 4) returns 12.8.
The following functions, which come from BSD, provide facilities
equivalent to those of ldexp and frexp. See also the ISO C function
logb which originally also appeared in BSD. The _FloatN and
_FloatN variants of the following functions come from TS 18661-3:2015.
-- Function: double scalb (double VALUE, double EXPONENT)
-- Function: float scalbf (float VALUE, float EXPONENT)
-- Function: long double scalbl (long double VALUE, long double
EXPONENT)
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Concepts::.
The scalb function is the BSD name for ldexp.
-- Function: double scalbn (double X, int N)
-- Function: float scalbnf (float X, int N)
-- Function: long double scalbnl (long double X, int N)
-- Function: _FloatN scalbnfN (_FloatN X, int N)
-- Function: _FloatNx scalbnfNx (_FloatNx X, int N)
Preliminary: | MT-Safe | AS-Safe | AC-Safe | *Note POSIX Safety
Concepts::.
scalbn is identical to scalb, except that the exponent N is an
int instead of a floating-point number.
-- Function: double scalbln (double X, long int N)
-- Function: float scalblnf (float X, long int N)
-- Function: long double scalblnl (long double X, long int N)
-- Function: _FloatN scalblnfN (_FloatN X, long int N)
-- Function: _FloatNx scalblnfNx (_FloatNx X, long int N)
Preliminary: | MT-Safe | AS-Safe | AC-Safe | *Note POSIX Safety
Concepts::.
scalbln is identical to scalb, except that the exponent N is a
long int instead of a floating-point number.
-- Function: double significand (double X)
-- Function: float significandf (float X)
-- Function: long double significandl (long double X)
Preliminary: | MT-Safe | AS-Safe | AC-Safe | *Note POSIX Safety
Concepts::.
significand returns the mantissa of X scaled to the range [1, 2).
It is equivalent to scalb (X, (double) -ilogb (X)).
This function exists mainly for use in certain standardized tests
of IEEE 754 conformance.

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20.8.3 Rounding Functions
-------------------------
The functions listed here perform operations such as rounding and
truncation of floating-point values. Some of these functions convert
floating point numbers to integer values. They are all declared in
math.h.
You can also convert floating-point numbers to integers simply by
casting them to int. This discards the fractional part, effectively
rounding towards zero. However, this only works if the result can
actually be represented as an int—for very large numbers, this is
impossible. The functions listed here return the result as a double
instead to get around this problem.
The fromfp functions use the following macros, from TS
18661-1:2014, to specify the direction of rounding. These correspond to
the rounding directions defined in IEEE 754-2008.
FP_INT_UPWARD
Round toward +oo.
FP_INT_DOWNWARD
Round toward -oo.
FP_INT_TOWARDZERO
Round toward zero.
FP_INT_TONEARESTFROMZERO
Round to nearest, ties round away from zero.
FP_INT_TONEAREST
Round to nearest, ties round to even.
-- Function: double ceil (double X)
-- Function: float ceilf (float X)
-- Function: long double ceill (long double X)
-- Function: _FloatN ceilfN (_FloatN X)
-- Function: _FloatNx ceilfNx (_FloatNx X)
Preliminary: | MT-Safe | AS-Safe | AC-Safe | *Note POSIX Safety
Concepts::.
These functions round X upwards to the nearest integer, returning
that value as a double. Thus, ceil (1.5) is 2.0.
-- Function: double floor (double X)
-- Function: float floorf (float X)
-- Function: long double floorl (long double X)
-- Function: _FloatN floorfN (_FloatN X)
-- Function: _FloatNx floorfNx (_FloatNx X)
Preliminary: | MT-Safe | AS-Safe | AC-Safe | *Note POSIX Safety
Concepts::.
These functions round X downwards to the nearest integer, returning
that value as a double. Thus, floor (1.5) is 1.0 and floor
(-1.5) is -2.0.
-- Function: double trunc (double X)
-- Function: float truncf (float X)
-- Function: long double truncl (long double X)
-- Function: _FloatN truncfN (_FloatN X)
-- Function: _FloatNx truncfNx (_FloatNx X)
Preliminary: | MT-Safe | AS-Safe | AC-Safe | *Note POSIX Safety
Concepts::.
The trunc functions round X towards zero to the nearest integer
(returned in floating-point format). Thus, trunc (1.5) is 1.0
and trunc (-1.5) is -1.0.
-- Function: double rint (double X)
-- Function: float rintf (float X)
-- Function: long double rintl (long double X)
-- Function: _FloatN rintfN (_FloatN X)
-- Function: _FloatNx rintfNx (_FloatNx X)
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Concepts::.
These functions round X to an integer value according to the
current rounding mode. *Note Floating Point Parameters::, for
information about the various rounding modes. The default rounding
mode is to round to the nearest integer; some machines support
other modes, but round-to-nearest is always used unless you
explicitly select another.
If X was not initially an integer, these functions raise the
inexact exception.
-- Function: double nearbyint (double X)
-- Function: float nearbyintf (float X)
-- Function: long double nearbyintl (long double X)
-- Function: _FloatN nearbyintfN (_FloatN X)
-- Function: _FloatNx nearbyintfNx (_FloatNx X)
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Concepts::.
These functions return the same value as the rint functions, but
do not raise the inexact exception if X is not an integer.
-- Function: double round (double X)
-- Function: float roundf (float X)
-- Function: long double roundl (long double X)
-- Function: _FloatN roundfN (_FloatN X)
-- Function: _FloatNx roundfNx (_FloatNx X)
Preliminary: | MT-Safe | AS-Safe | AC-Safe | *Note POSIX Safety
Concepts::.
These functions are similar to rint, but they round halfway cases
away from zero instead of to the nearest integer (or other current
rounding mode).
-- Function: double roundeven (double X)
-- Function: float roundevenf (float X)
-- Function: long double roundevenl (long double X)
-- Function: _FloatN roundevenfN (_FloatN X)
-- Function: _FloatNx roundevenfNx (_FloatNx X)
Preliminary: | MT-Safe | AS-Safe | AC-Safe | *Note POSIX Safety
Concepts::.
These functions, from TS 18661-1:2014 and TS 18661-3:2015, are
similar to round, but they round halfway cases to even instead of
away from zero.
-- Function: long int lrint (double X)
-- Function: long int lrintf (float X)
-- Function: long int lrintl (long double X)
-- Function: long int lrintfN (_FloatN X)
-- Function: long int lrintfNx (_FloatNx X)
Preliminary: | MT-Safe | AS-Safe | AC-Safe | *Note POSIX Safety
Concepts::.
These functions are just like rint, but they return a long int
instead of a floating-point number.
-- Function: long long int llrint (double X)
-- Function: long long int llrintf (float X)
-- Function: long long int llrintl (long double X)
-- Function: long long int llrintfN (_FloatN X)
-- Function: long long int llrintfNx (_FloatNx X)
Preliminary: | MT-Safe | AS-Safe | AC-Safe | *Note POSIX Safety
Concepts::.
These functions are just like rint, but they return a long long
int instead of a floating-point number.
-- Function: long int lround (double X)
-- Function: long int lroundf (float X)
-- Function: long int lroundl (long double X)
-- Function: long int lroundfN (_FloatN X)
-- Function: long int lroundfNx (_FloatNx X)
Preliminary: | MT-Safe | AS-Safe | AC-Safe | *Note POSIX Safety
Concepts::.
These functions are just like round, but they return a long int
instead of a floating-point number.
-- Function: long long int llround (double X)
-- Function: long long int llroundf (float X)
-- Function: long long int llroundl (long double X)
-- Function: long long int llroundfN (_FloatN X)
-- Function: long long int llroundfNx (_FloatNx X)
Preliminary: | MT-Safe | AS-Safe | AC-Safe | *Note POSIX Safety
Concepts::.
These functions are just like round, but they return a long long
int instead of a floating-point number.
-- Function: intmax_t fromfp (double X, int ROUND, unsigned int WIDTH)
-- Function: intmax_t fromfpf (float X, int ROUND, unsigned int WIDTH)
-- Function: intmax_t fromfpl (long double X, int ROUND, unsigned int
WIDTH)
-- Function: intmax_t fromfpfN (_FloatN X, int ROUND, unsigned int
WIDTH)
-- Function: intmax_t fromfpfNx (_FloatNx X, int ROUND, unsigned int
WIDTH)
-- Function: uintmax_t ufromfp (double X, int ROUND, unsigned int
WIDTH)
-- Function: uintmax_t ufromfpf (float X, int ROUND, unsigned int
WIDTH)
-- Function: uintmax_t ufromfpl (long double X, int ROUND, unsigned int
WIDTH)
-- Function: uintmax_t ufromfpfN (_FloatN X, int ROUND, unsigned int
WIDTH)
-- Function: uintmax_t ufromfpfNx (_FloatNx X, int ROUND, unsigned int
WIDTH)
-- Function: intmax_t fromfpx (double X, int ROUND, unsigned int WIDTH)
-- Function: intmax_t fromfpxf (float X, int ROUND, unsigned int WIDTH)
-- Function: intmax_t fromfpxl (long double X, int ROUND, unsigned int
WIDTH)
-- Function: intmax_t fromfpxfN (_FloatN X, int ROUND, unsigned int
WIDTH)
-- Function: intmax_t fromfpxfNx (_FloatNx X, int ROUND, unsigned int
WIDTH)
-- Function: uintmax_t ufromfpx (double X, int ROUND, unsigned int
WIDTH)
-- Function: uintmax_t ufromfpxf (float X, int ROUND, unsigned int
WIDTH)
-- Function: uintmax_t ufromfpxl (long double X, int ROUND, unsigned
int WIDTH)
-- Function: uintmax_t ufromfpxfN (_FloatN X, int ROUND, unsigned int
WIDTH)
-- Function: uintmax_t ufromfpxfNx (_FloatNx X, int ROUND, unsigned int
WIDTH)
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Concepts::.
These functions, from TS 18661-1:2014 and TS 18661-3:2015, convert
a floating-point number to an integer according to the rounding
direction ROUND (one of the FP_INT_* macros). If the integer is
outside the range of a signed or unsigned (depending on the return
type of the function) type of width WIDTH bits (or outside the
range of the return type, if WIDTH is larger), or if X is infinite
or NaN, or if WIDTH is zero, a domain error occurs and an
unspecified value is returned. The functions with an x in their
names raise the inexact exception when a domain error does not
occur and the argument is not an integer; the other functions do
not raise the inexact exception.
-- Function: double modf (double VALUE, double *INTEGER-PART)
-- Function: float modff (float VALUE, float *INTEGER-PART)
-- Function: long double modfl (long double VALUE, long double
*INTEGER-PART)
-- Function: _FloatN modffN (_FloatN VALUE, _FloatN *INTEGER-PART)
-- Function: _FloatNx modffNx (_FloatNx VALUE, _FloatNx *INTEGER-PART)
Preliminary: | MT-Safe | AS-Safe | AC-Safe | *Note POSIX Safety
Concepts::.
These functions break the argument VALUE into an integer part and a
fractional part (between -1 and 1, exclusive). Their sum
equals VALUE. Each of the parts has the same sign as VALUE, and
the integer part is always rounded toward zero.
modf stores the integer part in *INTEGER-PART, and returns the
fractional part. For example, modf (2.5, &intpart) returns 0.5
and stores 2.0 into intpart.

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20.8.4 Remainder Functions
--------------------------
The functions in this section compute the remainder on division of two
floating-point numbers. Each is a little different; pick the one that
suits your problem.
-- Function: double fmod (double NUMERATOR, double DENOMINATOR)
-- Function: float fmodf (float NUMERATOR, float DENOMINATOR)
-- Function: long double fmodl (long double NUMERATOR, long double
DENOMINATOR)
-- Function: _FloatN fmodfN (_FloatN NUMERATOR, _FloatN DENOMINATOR)
-- Function: _FloatNx fmodfNx (_FloatNx NUMERATOR, _FloatNx
DENOMINATOR)
Preliminary: | MT-Safe | AS-Safe | AC-Safe | *Note POSIX Safety
Concepts::.
These functions compute the remainder from the division of
NUMERATOR by DENOMINATOR. Specifically, the return value is
NUMERATOR - N * DENOMINATOR, where N is the quotient of NUMERATOR
divided by DENOMINATOR, rounded towards zero to an integer. Thus, fmod (6.5, 2.3)
returns 1.9, which is 6.5 minus 4.6.
The result has the same sign as the NUMERATOR and has magnitude
less than the magnitude of the DENOMINATOR.
If DENOMINATOR is zero, fmod signals a domain error.
-- Function: double remainder (double NUMERATOR, double DENOMINATOR)
-- Function: float remainderf (float NUMERATOR, float DENOMINATOR)
-- Function: long double remainderl (long double NUMERATOR, long double
DENOMINATOR)
-- Function: _FloatN remainderfN (_FloatN NUMERATOR, _FloatN
DENOMINATOR)
-- Function: _FloatNx remainderfNx (_FloatNx NUMERATOR, _FloatNx
DENOMINATOR)
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Concepts::.
These functions are like fmod except that they round the internal
quotient N to the nearest integer instead of towards zero to an
integer. For example, remainder (6.5, 2.3) returns -0.4, which
is 6.5 minus 6.9.
The absolute value of the result is less than or equal to half the
absolute value of the DENOMINATOR. The difference between fmod
(NUMERATOR, DENOMINATOR) and remainder (NUMERATOR, DENOMINATOR)
is always either DENOMINATOR, minus DENOMINATOR, or zero.
If DENOMINATOR is zero, remainder signals a domain error.
-- Function: double drem (double NUMERATOR, double DENOMINATOR)
-- Function: float dremf (float NUMERATOR, float DENOMINATOR)
-- Function: long double dreml (long double NUMERATOR, long double
DENOMINATOR)
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Concepts::.
This function is another name for remainder.

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20.8.5 Setting and modifying single bits of FP values
-----------------------------------------------------
There are some operations that are too complicated or expensive to
perform by hand on floating-point numbers. ISO C99 defines functions to
do these operations, which mostly involve changing single bits.
-- Function: double copysign (double X, double Y)
-- Function: float copysignf (float X, float Y)
-- Function: long double copysignl (long double X, long double Y)
-- Function: _FloatN copysignfN (_FloatN X, _FloatN Y)
-- Function: _FloatNx copysignfNx (_FloatNx X, _FloatNx Y)
Preliminary: | MT-Safe | AS-Safe | AC-Safe | *Note POSIX Safety
Concepts::.
These functions return X but with the sign of Y. They work even if
X or Y are NaN or zero. Both of these can carry a sign (although
not all implementations support it) and this is one of the few
operations that can tell the difference.
copysign never raises an exception.
This function is defined in IEC 559 (and the appendix with
recommended functions in IEEE 754/IEEE 854).
-- Function: int signbit (_float-type_ X)
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Concepts::.
signbit is a generic macro which can work on all floating-point
types. It returns a nonzero value if the value of X has its sign
bit set.
This is not the same as x < 0.0, because IEEE 754 floating point
allows zero to be signed. The comparison -0.0 < 0.0 is false,
but signbit (-0.0) will return a nonzero value.
-- Function: double nextafter (double X, double Y)
-- Function: float nextafterf (float X, float Y)
-- Function: long double nextafterl (long double X, long double Y)
-- Function: _FloatN nextafterfN (_FloatN X, _FloatN Y)
-- Function: _FloatNx nextafterfNx (_FloatNx X, _FloatNx Y)
Preliminary: | MT-Safe | AS-Safe | AC-Safe | *Note POSIX Safety
Concepts::.
The nextafter function returns the next representable neighbor of
X in the direction towards Y. The size of the step between X and
the result depends on the type of the result. If X = Y the
function simply returns Y. If either value is NaN, NaN is
returned. Otherwise a value corresponding to the value of the
least significant bit in the mantissa is added or subtracted,
depending on the direction. nextafter will signal overflow or
underflow if the result goes outside of the range of normalized
numbers.
This function is defined in IEC 559 (and the appendix with
recommended functions in IEEE 754/IEEE 854).
-- Function: double nexttoward (double X, long double Y)
-- Function: float nexttowardf (float X, long double Y)
-- Function: long double nexttowardl (long double X, long double Y)
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Concepts::.
These functions are identical to the corresponding versions of
nextafter except that their second argument is a long double.
-- Function: double nextup (double X)
-- Function: float nextupf (float X)
-- Function: long double nextupl (long double X)
-- Function: _FloatN nextupfN (_FloatN X)
-- Function: _FloatNx nextupfNx (_FloatNx X)
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Concepts::.
The nextup function returns the next representable neighbor of X
in the direction of positive infinity. If X is the smallest
negative subnormal number in the type of X the function returns
-0. If X = 0 the function returns the smallest positive
subnormal number in the type of X. If X is NaN, NaN is returned.
If X is +oo, +oo is returned. nextup is from TS 18661-1:2014 and
TS 18661-3:2015. nextup never raises an exception except for
signaling NaNs.
-- Function: double nextdown (double X)
-- Function: float nextdownf (float X)
-- Function: long double nextdownl (long double X)
-- Function: _FloatN nextdownfN (_FloatN X)
-- Function: _FloatNx nextdownfNx (_FloatNx X)
Preliminary: | MT-Safe | AS-Safe | AC-Safe | *Note POSIX Safety
Concepts::.
The nextdown function returns the next representable neighbor of
X in the direction of negative infinity. If X is the smallest
positive subnormal number in the type of X the function returns
+0. If X = 0 the function returns the smallest negative
subnormal number in the type of X. If X is NaN, NaN is returned.
If X is -oo, -oo is returned. nextdown is from TS 18661-1:2014
and TS 18661-3:2015. nextdown never raises an exception except
for signaling NaNs.
-- Function: double nan (const char *TAGP)
-- Function: float nanf (const char *TAGP)
-- Function: long double nanl (const char *TAGP)
-- Function: _FloatN nanfN (const char *TAGP)
-- Function: _FloatNx nanfNx (const char *TAGP)
Preliminary: | MT-Safe locale | AS-Safe | AC-Safe | *Note POSIX
Safety Concepts::.
The nan function returns a representation of NaN, provided that
NaN is supported by the target platform. nan ("N-CHAR-SEQUENCE")
is equivalent to strtod ("NAN(N-CHAR-SEQUENCE)").
The argument TAGP is used in an unspecified manner. On IEEE 754
systems, there are many representations of NaN, and TAGP selects
one. On other systems it may do nothing.
-- Function: int canonicalize (double *CX, const double *X)
-- Function: int canonicalizef (float *CX, const float *X)
-- Function: int canonicalizel (long double *CX, const long double *X)
-- Function: int canonicalizefN (_FloatN *CX, const _FloatN *X)
-- Function: int canonicalizefNx (_FloatNx *CX, const _FloatNx *X)
Preliminary: | MT-Safe | AS-Safe | AC-Safe | *Note POSIX Safety
Concepts::.
In some floating-point formats, some values have canonical
(preferred) and noncanonical encodings (for IEEE interchange binary
formats, all encodings are canonical). These functions, defined by
TS 18661-1:2014 and TS 18661-3:2015, attempt to produce a canonical
version of the floating-point value pointed to by X; if that value
is a signaling NaN, they raise the invalid exception and produce a
quiet NaN. If a canonical value is produced, it is stored in the
object pointed to by CX, and these functions return zero.
Otherwise (if a canonical value could not be produced because the
object pointed to by X is not a valid representation of any
floating-point value), the object pointed to by CX is unchanged and
a nonzero value is returned.
Note that some formats have multiple encodings of a value which are
all equally canonical; when such an encoding is used as an input to
this function, any such encoding of the same value (or of the
corresponding quiet NaN, if that value is a signaling NaN) may be
produced as output.
-- Function: double getpayload (const double *X)
-- Function: float getpayloadf (const float *X)
-- Function: long double getpayloadl (const long double *X)
-- Function: _FloatN getpayloadfN (const _FloatN *X)
-- Function: _FloatNx getpayloadfNx (const _FloatNx *X)
Preliminary: | MT-Safe | AS-Safe | AC-Safe | *Note POSIX Safety
Concepts::.
IEEE 754 defines the "payload" of a NaN to be an integer value
encoded in the representation of the NaN. Payloads are typically
propagated from NaN inputs to the result of a floating-point
operation. These functions, defined by TS 18661-1:2014 and TS
18661-3:2015, return the payload of the NaN pointed to by X
(returned as a positive integer, or positive zero, represented as a
floating-point number); if X is not a NaN, they return 1. They
raise no floating-point exceptions even for signaling NaNs. (The
return value of 1 for an argument that is not a NaN is specified
in C2x; the value was unspecified in TS 18661.)
-- Function: int setpayload (double *X, double PAYLOAD)
-- Function: int setpayloadf (float *X, float PAYLOAD)
-- Function: int setpayloadl (long double *X, long double PAYLOAD)
-- Function: int setpayloadfN (_FloatN *X, _FloatN PAYLOAD)
-- Function: int setpayloadfNx (_FloatNx *X, _FloatNx PAYLOAD)
Preliminary: | MT-Safe | AS-Safe | AC-Safe | *Note POSIX Safety
Concepts::.
These functions, defined by TS 18661-1:2014 and TS 18661-3:2015,
set the object pointed to by X to a quiet NaN with payload PAYLOAD
and a zero sign bit and return zero. If PAYLOAD is not a
positive-signed integer that is a valid payload for a quiet NaN of
the given type, the object pointed to by X is set to positive zero
and a nonzero value is returned. They raise no floating-point
exceptions.
-- Function: int setpayloadsig (double *X, double PAYLOAD)
-- Function: int setpayloadsigf (float *X, float PAYLOAD)
-- Function: int setpayloadsigl (long double *X, long double PAYLOAD)
-- Function: int setpayloadsigfN (_FloatN *X, _FloatN PAYLOAD)
-- Function: int setpayloadsigfNx (_FloatNx *X, _FloatNx PAYLOAD)
Preliminary: | MT-Safe | AS-Safe | AC-Safe | *Note POSIX Safety
Concepts::.
These functions, defined by TS 18661-1:2014 and TS 18661-3:2015,
set the object pointed to by X to a signaling NaN with payload
PAYLOAD and a zero sign bit and return zero. If PAYLOAD is not a
positive-signed integer that is a valid payload for a signaling NaN
of the given type, the object pointed to by X is set to positive
zero and a nonzero value is returned. They raise no floating-point
exceptions.

File: libc.info, Node: FP Comparison Functions, Next: Misc FP Arithmetic, Prev: FP Bit Twiddling, Up: Arithmetic Functions
20.8.6 Floating-Point Comparison Functions
------------------------------------------
The standard C comparison operators provoke exceptions when one or other
of the operands is NaN. For example,
int v = a < 1.0;
will raise an exception if A is NaN. (This does _not_ happen with ==
and !=; those merely return false and true, respectively, when NaN is
examined.) Frequently this exception is undesirable. ISO C99 therefore
defines comparison functions that do not raise exceptions when NaN is
examined. All of the functions are implemented as macros which allow
their arguments to be of any floating-point type. The macros are
guaranteed to evaluate their arguments only once. TS 18661-1:2014 adds
such a macro for an equality comparison that _does_ raise an exception
for a NaN argument; it also adds functions that provide a total ordering
on all floating-point values, including NaNs, without raising any
exceptions even for signaling NaNs.
-- Macro: int isgreater (_real-floating_ X, _real-floating_ Y)
Preliminary: | MT-Safe | AS-Safe | AC-Safe | *Note POSIX Safety
Concepts::.
This macro determines whether the argument X is greater than Y. It
is equivalent to (X) > (Y), but no exception is raised if X or Y
are NaN.
-- Macro: int isgreaterequal (_real-floating_ X, _real-floating_ Y)
Preliminary: | MT-Safe | AS-Safe | AC-Safe | *Note POSIX Safety
Concepts::.
This macro determines whether the argument X is greater than or
equal to Y. It is equivalent to (X) >= (Y), but no exception is
raised if X or Y are NaN.
-- Macro: int isless (_real-floating_ X, _real-floating_ Y)
Preliminary: | MT-Safe | AS-Safe | AC-Safe | *Note POSIX Safety
Concepts::.
This macro determines whether the argument X is less than Y. It is
equivalent to (X) < (Y), but no exception is raised if X or Y are
NaN.
-- Macro: int islessequal (_real-floating_ X, _real-floating_ Y)
Preliminary: | MT-Safe | AS-Safe | AC-Safe | *Note POSIX Safety
Concepts::.
This macro determines whether the argument X is less than or equal
to Y. It is equivalent to (X) <= (Y), but no exception is raised
if X or Y are NaN.
-- Macro: int islessgreater (_real-floating_ X, _real-floating_ Y)
Preliminary: | MT-Safe | AS-Safe | AC-Safe | *Note POSIX Safety
Concepts::.
This macro determines whether the argument X is less or greater
than Y. It is equivalent to (X) < (Y) || (X) > (Y) (although it
only evaluates X and Y once), but no exception is raised if X or Y
are NaN.
This macro is not equivalent to X != Y, because that expression
is true if X or Y are NaN.
-- Macro: int isunordered (_real-floating_ X, _real-floating_ Y)
Preliminary: | MT-Safe | AS-Safe | AC-Safe | *Note POSIX Safety
Concepts::.
This macro determines whether its arguments are unordered. In
other words, it is true if X or Y are NaN, and false otherwise.
-- Macro: int iseqsig (_real-floating_ X, _real-floating_ Y)
Preliminary: | MT-Safe | AS-Safe | AC-Safe | *Note POSIX Safety
Concepts::.
This macro determines whether its arguments are equal. It is
equivalent to (X) == (Y), but it raises the invalid exception and
sets errno to EDOM if either argument is a NaN.
-- Function: int totalorder (const double *X, const double *Y)
-- Function: int totalorderf (const float *X, const float *Y)
-- Function: int totalorderl (const long double *X, const long double
*Y)
-- Function: int totalorderfN (const _FloatN *X, const _FloatN *Y)
-- Function: int totalorderfNx (const _FloatNx *X, const _FloatNx *Y)
Preliminary: | MT-Safe | AS-Safe | AC-Safe | *Note POSIX Safety
Concepts::.
These functions determine whether the total order relationship,
defined in IEEE 754-2008, is true for *X and *Y, returning
nonzero if it is true and zero if it is false. No exceptions are
raised even for signaling NaNs. The relationship is true if they
are the same floating-point value (including sign for zero and
NaNs, and payload for NaNs), or if *X comes before *Y in the
following order: negative quiet NaNs, in order of decreasing
payload; negative signaling NaNs, in order of decreasing payload;
negative infinity; finite numbers, in ascending order, with
negative zero before positive zero; positive infinity; positive
signaling NaNs, in order of increasing payload; positive quiet
NaNs, in order of increasing payload.
-- Function: int totalordermag (const double *X, const double *Y)
-- Function: int totalordermagf (const float *X, const float *Y)
-- Function: int totalordermagl (const long double *X, const long
double *Y)
-- Function: int totalordermagfN (const _FloatN *X, const _FloatN *Y)
-- Function: int totalordermagfNx (const _FloatNx *X, const _FloatNx
*Y)
Preliminary: | MT-Safe | AS-Safe | AC-Safe | *Note POSIX Safety
Concepts::.
These functions determine whether the total order relationship,
defined in IEEE 754-2008, is true for the absolute values of *X
and *Y, returning nonzero if it is true and zero if it is false.
No exceptions are raised even for signaling NaNs.
Not all machines provide hardware support for these operations. On
machines that dont, the macros can be very slow. Therefore, you should
not use these functions when NaN is not a concern.
*NB:* There are no macros isequal or isunequal. They are
unnecessary, because the == and != operators do _not_ throw an
exception if one or both of the operands are NaN.

File: libc.info, Node: Misc FP Arithmetic, Prev: FP Comparison Functions, Up: Arithmetic Functions
20.8.7 Miscellaneous FP arithmetic functions
--------------------------------------------
The functions in this section perform miscellaneous but common
operations that are awkward to express with C operators. On some
processors these functions can use special machine instructions to
perform these operations faster than the equivalent C code.
-- Function: double fmin (double X, double Y)
-- Function: float fminf (float X, float Y)
-- Function: long double fminl (long double X, long double Y)
-- Function: _FloatN fminfN (_FloatN X, _FloatN Y)
-- Function: _FloatNx fminfNx (_FloatNx X, _FloatNx Y)
Preliminary: | MT-Safe | AS-Safe | AC-Safe | *Note POSIX Safety
Concepts::.
The fmin function returns the lesser of the two values X and Y.
It is similar to the expression
((x) < (y) ? (x) : (y))
except that X and Y are only evaluated once.
If an argument is NaN, the other argument is returned. If both
arguments are NaN, NaN is returned.
-- Function: double fmax (double X, double Y)
-- Function: float fmaxf (float X, float Y)
-- Function: long double fmaxl (long double X, long double Y)
-- Function: _FloatN fmaxfN (_FloatN X, _FloatN Y)
-- Function: _FloatNx fmaxfNx (_FloatNx X, _FloatNx Y)
Preliminary: | MT-Safe | AS-Safe | AC-Safe | *Note POSIX Safety
Concepts::.
The fmax function returns the greater of the two values X and Y.
If an argument is NaN, the other argument is returned. If both
arguments are NaN, NaN is returned.
-- Function: double fminmag (double X, double Y)
-- Function: float fminmagf (float X, float Y)
-- Function: long double fminmagl (long double X, long double Y)
-- Function: _FloatN fminmagfN (_FloatN X, _FloatN Y)
-- Function: _FloatNx fminmagfNx (_FloatNx X, _FloatNx Y)
Preliminary: | MT-Safe | AS-Safe | AC-Safe | *Note POSIX Safety
Concepts::.
These functions, from TS 18661-1:2014 and TS 18661-3:2015, return
whichever of the two values X and Y has the smaller absolute value.
If both have the same absolute value, or either is NaN, they behave
the same as the fmin functions.
-- Function: double fmaxmag (double X, double Y)
-- Function: float fmaxmagf (float X, float Y)
-- Function: long double fmaxmagl (long double X, long double Y)
-- Function: _FloatN fmaxmagfN (_FloatN X, _FloatN Y)
-- Function: _FloatNx fmaxmagfNx (_FloatNx X, _FloatNx Y)
Preliminary: | MT-Safe | AS-Safe | AC-Safe | *Note POSIX Safety
Concepts::.
These functions, from TS 18661-1:2014, return whichever of the two
values X and Y has the greater absolute value. If both have the
same absolute value, or either is NaN, they behave the same as the
fmax functions.
-- Function: double fdim (double X, double Y)
-- Function: float fdimf (float X, float Y)
-- Function: long double fdiml (long double X, long double Y)
-- Function: _FloatN fdimfN (_FloatN X, _FloatN Y)
-- Function: _FloatNx fdimfNx (_FloatNx X, _FloatNx Y)
Preliminary: | MT-Safe | AS-Safe | AC-Safe | *Note POSIX Safety
Concepts::.
The fdim function returns the positive difference between X and
Y. The positive difference is X - Y if X is greater than Y, and 0
otherwise.
If X, Y, or both are NaN, NaN is returned.
-- Function: double fma (double X, double Y, double Z)
-- Function: float fmaf (float X, float Y, float Z)
-- Function: long double fmal (long double X, long double Y, long
double Z)
-- Function: _FloatN fmafN (_FloatN X, _FloatN Y, _FloatN Z)
-- Function: _FloatNx fmafNx (_FloatNx X, _FloatNx Y, _FloatNx Z)
Preliminary: | MT-Safe | AS-Safe | AC-Safe | *Note POSIX Safety
Concepts::.
The fma function performs floating-point multiply-add. This is
the operation (X * Y) + Z, but the intermediate result is not
rounded to the destination type. This can sometimes improve the
precision of a calculation.
This function was introduced because some processors have a special
instruction to perform multiply-add. The C compiler cannot use it
directly, because the expression x*y + z is defined to round the
intermediate result. fma lets you choose when you want to round
only once.
On processors which do not implement multiply-add in hardware,
fma can be very slow since it must avoid intermediate rounding.
math.h defines the symbols FP_FAST_FMA, FP_FAST_FMAF, and
FP_FAST_FMAL when the corresponding version of fma is no slower
than the expression x*y + z. In the GNU C Library, this always
means the operation is implemented in hardware.
-- Function: float fadd (double X, double Y)
-- Function: float faddl (long double X, long double Y)
-- Function: double daddl (long double X, long double Y)
-- Function: _FloatM fMaddfN (_FloatN X, _FloatN Y)
-- Function: _FloatM fMaddfNx (_FloatNx X, _FloatNx Y)
-- Function: _FloatMx fMxaddfN (_FloatN X, _FloatN Y)
-- Function: _FloatMx fMxaddfNx (_FloatNx X, _FloatNx Y)
Preliminary: | MT-Safe | AS-Safe | AC-Safe | *Note POSIX Safety
Concepts::.
These functions, from TS 18661-1:2014 and TS 18661-3:2015, return X
+ Y, rounded once to the return type of the function without any
intermediate rounding to the type of the arguments.
-- Function: float fsub (double X, double Y)
-- Function: float fsubl (long double X, long double Y)
-- Function: double dsubl (long double X, long double Y)
-- Function: _FloatM fMsubfN (_FloatN X, _FloatN Y)
-- Function: _FloatM fMsubfNx (_FloatNx X, _FloatNx Y)
-- Function: _FloatMx fMxsubfN (_FloatN X, _FloatN Y)
-- Function: _FloatMx fMxsubfNx (_FloatNx X, _FloatNx Y)
Preliminary: | MT-Safe | AS-Safe | AC-Safe | *Note POSIX Safety
Concepts::.
These functions, from TS 18661-1:2014 and TS 18661-3:2015, return X
- Y, rounded once to the return type of the function without any
intermediate rounding to the type of the arguments.
-- Function: float fmul (double X, double Y)
-- Function: float fmull (long double X, long double Y)
-- Function: double dmull (long double X, long double Y)
-- Function: _FloatM fMmulfN (_FloatN X, _FloatN Y)
-- Function: _FloatM fMmulfNx (_FloatNx X, _FloatNx Y)
-- Function: _FloatMx fMxmulfN (_FloatN X, _FloatN Y)
-- Function: _FloatMx fMxmulfNx (_FloatNx X, _FloatNx Y)
Preliminary: | MT-Safe | AS-Safe | AC-Safe | *Note POSIX Safety
Concepts::.
These functions, from TS 18661-1:2014 and TS 18661-3:2015, return X
* Y, rounded once to the return type of the function without any
intermediate rounding to the type of the arguments.
-- Function: float fdiv (double X, double Y)
-- Function: float fdivl (long double X, long double Y)
-- Function: double ddivl (long double X, long double Y)
-- Function: _FloatM fMdivfN (_FloatN X, _FloatN Y)
-- Function: _FloatM fMdivfNx (_FloatNx X, _FloatNx Y)
-- Function: _FloatMx fMxdivfN (_FloatN X, _FloatN Y)
-- Function: _FloatMx fMxdivfNx (_FloatNx X, _FloatNx Y)
Preliminary: | MT-Safe | AS-Safe | AC-Safe | *Note POSIX Safety
Concepts::.
These functions, from TS 18661-1:2014 and TS 18661-3:2015, return X
/ Y, rounded once to the return type of the function without any
intermediate rounding to the type of the arguments.

File: libc.info, Node: Complex Numbers, Next: Operations on Complex, Prev: Arithmetic Functions, Up: Arithmetic
20.9 Complex Numbers
====================
ISO C99 introduces support for complex numbers in C. This is done with a
new type qualifier, complex. It is a keyword if and only if
complex.h has been included. There are three complex types,
corresponding to the three real types: float complex, double
complex, and long double complex.
Likewise, on machines that have support for _FloatN or _FloatNx
enabled, the complex types _FloatN complex and _FloatNx complex are
also available if complex.h has been included; *note Mathematics::.
To construct complex numbers you need a way to indicate the imaginary
part of a number. There is no standard notation for an imaginary
floating point constant. Instead, complex.h defines two macros that
can be used to create complex numbers.
-- Macro: const float complex _Complex_I
This macro is a representation of the complex number “0+1i”.
Multiplying a real floating-point value by _Complex_I gives a
complex number whose value is purely imaginary. You can use this
to construct complex constants:
3.0 + 4.0i = 3.0 + 4.0 * _Complex_I
Note that _Complex_I * _Complex_I has the value -1, but the
type of that value is complex.
_Complex_I is a bit of a mouthful. complex.h also defines a shorter
name for the same constant.
-- Macro: const float complex I
This macro has exactly the same value as _Complex_I. Most of the
time it is preferable. However, it causes problems if you want to
use the identifier I for something else. You can safely write
#include <complex.h>
#undef I
if you need I for your own purposes. (In that case we recommend
you also define some other short name for _Complex_I, such as
J.)

File: libc.info, Node: Operations on Complex, Next: Parsing of Numbers, Prev: Complex Numbers, Up: Arithmetic
20.10 Projections, Conjugates, and Decomposing of Complex Numbers
=================================================================
ISO C99 also defines functions that perform basic operations on complex
numbers, such as decomposition and conjugation. The prototypes for all
these functions are in complex.h. All functions are available in
three variants, one for each of the three complex types.
-- Function: double creal (complex double Z)
-- Function: float crealf (complex float Z)
-- Function: long double creall (complex long double Z)
-- Function: _FloatN crealfN (complex _FloatN Z)
-- Function: _FloatNx crealfNx (complex _FloatNx Z)
Preliminary: | MT-Safe | AS-Safe | AC-Safe | *Note POSIX Safety
Concepts::.
These functions return the real part of the complex number Z.
-- Function: double cimag (complex double Z)
-- Function: float cimagf (complex float Z)
-- Function: long double cimagl (complex long double Z)
-- Function: _FloatN cimagfN (complex _FloatN Z)
-- Function: _FloatNx cimagfNx (complex _FloatNx Z)
Preliminary: | MT-Safe | AS-Safe | AC-Safe | *Note POSIX Safety
Concepts::.
These functions return the imaginary part of the complex number Z.
-- Function: complex double conj (complex double Z)
-- Function: complex float conjf (complex float Z)
-- Function: complex long double conjl (complex long double Z)
-- Function: complex _FloatN conjfN (complex _FloatN Z)
-- Function: complex _FloatNx conjfNx (complex _FloatNx Z)
Preliminary: | MT-Safe | AS-Safe | AC-Safe | *Note POSIX Safety
Concepts::.
These functions return the conjugate value of the complex number Z.
The conjugate of a complex number has the same real part and a
negated imaginary part. In other words, conj(a + bi) = a + -bi.
-- Function: double carg (complex double Z)
-- Function: float cargf (complex float Z)
-- Function: long double cargl (complex long double Z)
-- Function: _FloatN cargfN (complex _FloatN Z)
-- Function: _FloatNx cargfNx (complex _FloatNx Z)
Preliminary: | MT-Safe | AS-Safe | AC-Safe | *Note POSIX Safety
Concepts::.
These functions return the argument of the complex number Z. The
argument of a complex number is the angle in the complex plane
between the positive real axis and a line passing through zero and
the number. This angle is measured in the usual fashion and ranges
from -pi to pi.
carg has a branch cut along the negative real axis.
-- Function: complex double cproj (complex double Z)
-- Function: complex float cprojf (complex float Z)
-- Function: complex long double cprojl (complex long double Z)
-- Function: complex _FloatN cprojfN (complex _FloatN Z)
-- Function: complex _FloatNx cprojfNx (complex _FloatNx Z)
Preliminary: | MT-Safe | AS-Safe | AC-Safe | *Note POSIX Safety
Concepts::.
These functions return the projection of the complex value Z onto
the Riemann sphere. Values with an infinite imaginary part are
projected to positive infinity on the real axis, even if the real
part is NaN. If the real part is infinite, the result is equivalent
to
INFINITY + I * copysign (0.0, cimag (z))

File: libc.info, Node: Parsing of Numbers, Next: Printing of Floats, Prev: Operations on Complex, Up: Arithmetic
20.11 Parsing of Numbers
========================
This section describes functions for “reading” integer and
floating-point numbers from a string. It may be more convenient in some
cases to use sscanf or one of the related functions; see *note
Formatted Input::. But often you can make a program more robust by
finding the tokens in the string by hand, then converting the numbers
one by one.
* Menu:
* Parsing of Integers:: Functions for conversion of integer values.
* Parsing of Floats:: Functions for conversion of floating-point
values.

File: libc.info, Node: Parsing of Integers, Next: Parsing of Floats, Up: Parsing of Numbers
20.11.1 Parsing of Integers
---------------------------
The str functions are declared in stdlib.h and those beginning with
wcs are declared in wchar.h. One might wonder about the use of
restrict in the prototypes of the functions in this section. It is
seemingly useless but the ISO C standard uses it (for the functions
defined there) so we have to do it as well.
-- Function: long int strtol (const char *restrict STRING, char
**restrict TAILPTR, int BASE)
Preliminary: | MT-Safe locale | AS-Safe | AC-Safe | *Note POSIX
Safety Concepts::.
The strtol (“string-to-long”) function converts the initial part
of STRING to a signed integer, which is returned as a value of type
long int.
This function attempts to decompose STRING as follows:
• A (possibly empty) sequence of whitespace characters. Which
characters are whitespace is determined by the isspace
function (*note Classification of Characters::). These are
discarded.
• An optional plus or minus sign (+ or -).
• A nonempty sequence of digits in the radix specified by BASE.
If BASE is zero, decimal radix is assumed unless the series of
digits begins with 0 (specifying octal radix), or 0x or
0X (specifying hexadecimal radix); in other words, the same
syntax used for integer constants in C.
Otherwise BASE must have a value between 2 and 36. If
BASE is 16, the digits may optionally be preceded by 0x or
0X. If base has no legal value the value returned is 0l
and the global variable errno is set to EINVAL.
• Any remaining characters in the string. If TAILPTR is not a
null pointer, strtol stores a pointer to this tail in
*TAILPTR.
If the string is empty, contains only whitespace, or does not
contain an initial substring that has the expected syntax for an
integer in the specified BASE, no conversion is performed. In this
case, strtol returns a value of zero and the value stored in
*TAILPTR is the value of STRING.
In a locale other than the standard "C" locale, this function may
recognize additional implementation-dependent syntax.
If the string has valid syntax for an integer but the value is not
representable because of overflow, strtol returns either
LONG_MAX or LONG_MIN (*note Range of Type::), as appropriate
for the sign of the value. It also sets errno to ERANGE to
indicate there was overflow.
You should not check for errors by examining the return value of
strtol, because the string might be a valid representation of
0l, LONG_MAX, or LONG_MIN. Instead, check whether TAILPTR
points to what you expect after the number (e.g. '\0' if the
string should end after the number). You also need to clear
errno before the call and check it afterward, in case there was
overflow.
There is an example at the end of this section.
-- Function: long int wcstol (const wchar_t *restrict STRING, wchar_t
**restrict TAILPTR, int BASE)
Preliminary: | MT-Safe locale | AS-Safe | AC-Safe | *Note POSIX
Safety Concepts::.
The wcstol function is equivalent to the strtol function in
nearly all aspects but handles wide character strings.
The wcstol function was introduced in Amendment 1 of ISO C90.
-- Function: unsigned long int strtoul (const char *restrict STRING,
char **restrict TAILPTR, int BASE)
Preliminary: | MT-Safe locale | AS-Safe | AC-Safe | *Note POSIX
Safety Concepts::.
The strtoul (“string-to-unsigned-long”) function is like strtol
except it converts to an unsigned long int value. The syntax is
the same as described above for strtol. The value returned on
overflow is ULONG_MAX (*note Range of Type::).
If STRING depicts a negative number, strtoul acts the same as
STRTOL but casts the result to an unsigned integer. That means for
example that strtoul on "-1" returns ULONG_MAX and an input
more negative than LONG_MIN returns (ULONG_MAX + 1) / 2.
strtoul sets errno to EINVAL if BASE is out of range, or
ERANGE on overflow.
-- Function: unsigned long int wcstoul (const wchar_t *restrict STRING,
wchar_t **restrict TAILPTR, int BASE)
Preliminary: | MT-Safe locale | AS-Safe | AC-Safe | *Note POSIX
Safety Concepts::.
The wcstoul function is equivalent to the strtoul function in
nearly all aspects but handles wide character strings.
The wcstoul function was introduced in Amendment 1 of ISO C90.
-- Function: long long int strtoll (const char *restrict STRING, char
**restrict TAILPTR, int BASE)
Preliminary: | MT-Safe locale | AS-Safe | AC-Safe | *Note POSIX
Safety Concepts::.
The strtoll function is like strtol except that it returns a
long long int value, and accepts numbers with a correspondingly
larger range.
If the string has valid syntax for an integer but the value is not
representable because of overflow, strtoll returns either
LLONG_MAX or LLONG_MIN (*note Range of Type::), as appropriate
for the sign of the value. It also sets errno to ERANGE to
indicate there was overflow.
The strtoll function was introduced in ISO C99.
-- Function: long long int wcstoll (const wchar_t *restrict STRING,
wchar_t **restrict TAILPTR, int BASE)
Preliminary: | MT-Safe locale | AS-Safe | AC-Safe | *Note POSIX
Safety Concepts::.
The wcstoll function is equivalent to the strtoll function in
nearly all aspects but handles wide character strings.
The wcstoll function was introduced in Amendment 1 of ISO C90.
-- Function: long long int strtoq (const char *restrict STRING, char
**restrict TAILPTR, int BASE)
Preliminary: | MT-Safe locale | AS-Safe | AC-Safe | *Note POSIX
Safety Concepts::.
strtoq (“string-to-quad-word”) is the BSD name for strtoll.
-- Function: long long int wcstoq (const wchar_t *restrict STRING,
wchar_t **restrict TAILPTR, int BASE)
Preliminary: | MT-Safe locale | AS-Safe | AC-Safe | *Note POSIX
Safety Concepts::.
The wcstoq function is equivalent to the strtoq function in
nearly all aspects but handles wide character strings.
The wcstoq function is a GNU extension.
-- Function: unsigned long long int strtoull (const char *restrict
STRING, char **restrict TAILPTR, int BASE)
Preliminary: | MT-Safe locale | AS-Safe | AC-Safe | *Note POSIX
Safety Concepts::.
The strtoull function is related to strtoll the same way
strtoul is related to strtol.
The strtoull function was introduced in ISO C99.
-- Function: unsigned long long int wcstoull (const wchar_t *restrict
STRING, wchar_t **restrict TAILPTR, int BASE)
Preliminary: | MT-Safe locale | AS-Safe | AC-Safe | *Note POSIX
Safety Concepts::.
The wcstoull function is equivalent to the strtoull function in
nearly all aspects but handles wide character strings.
The wcstoull function was introduced in Amendment 1 of ISO C90.
-- Function: unsigned long long int strtouq (const char *restrict
STRING, char **restrict TAILPTR, int BASE)
Preliminary: | MT-Safe locale | AS-Safe | AC-Safe | *Note POSIX
Safety Concepts::.
strtouq is the BSD name for strtoull.
-- Function: unsigned long long int wcstouq (const wchar_t *restrict
STRING, wchar_t **restrict TAILPTR, int BASE)
Preliminary: | MT-Safe locale | AS-Safe | AC-Safe | *Note POSIX
Safety Concepts::.
The wcstouq function is equivalent to the strtouq function in
nearly all aspects but handles wide character strings.
The wcstouq function is a GNU extension.
-- Function: intmax_t strtoimax (const char *restrict STRING, char
**restrict TAILPTR, int BASE)
Preliminary: | MT-Safe locale | AS-Safe | AC-Safe | *Note POSIX
Safety Concepts::.
The strtoimax function is like strtol except that it returns a
intmax_t value, and accepts numbers of a corresponding range.
If the string has valid syntax for an integer but the value is not
representable because of overflow, strtoimax returns either
INTMAX_MAX or INTMAX_MIN (*note Integers::), as appropriate for
the sign of the value. It also sets errno to ERANGE to
indicate there was overflow.
See *note Integers:: for a description of the intmax_t type. The
strtoimax function was introduced in ISO C99.
-- Function: intmax_t wcstoimax (const wchar_t *restrict STRING,
wchar_t **restrict TAILPTR, int BASE)
Preliminary: | MT-Safe locale | AS-Safe | AC-Safe | *Note POSIX
Safety Concepts::.
The wcstoimax function is equivalent to the strtoimax function
in nearly all aspects but handles wide character strings.
The wcstoimax function was introduced in ISO C99.
-- Function: uintmax_t strtoumax (const char *restrict STRING, char
**restrict TAILPTR, int BASE)
Preliminary: | MT-Safe locale | AS-Safe | AC-Safe | *Note POSIX
Safety Concepts::.
The strtoumax function is related to strtoimax the same way
that strtoul is related to strtol.
See *note Integers:: for a description of the intmax_t type. The
strtoumax function was introduced in ISO C99.
-- Function: uintmax_t wcstoumax (const wchar_t *restrict STRING,
wchar_t **restrict TAILPTR, int BASE)
Preliminary: | MT-Safe locale | AS-Safe | AC-Safe | *Note POSIX
Safety Concepts::.
The wcstoumax function is equivalent to the strtoumax function
in nearly all aspects but handles wide character strings.
The wcstoumax function was introduced in ISO C99.
-- Function: long int atol (const char *STRING)
Preliminary: | MT-Safe locale | AS-Safe | AC-Safe | *Note POSIX
Safety Concepts::.
This function is similar to the strtol function with a BASE
argument of 10, except that it need not detect overflow errors.
The atol function is provided mostly for compatibility with
existing code; using strtol is more robust.
-- Function: int atoi (const char *STRING)
Preliminary: | MT-Safe locale | AS-Safe | AC-Safe | *Note POSIX
Safety Concepts::.
This function is like atol, except that it returns an int. The
atoi function is also considered obsolete; use strtol instead.
-- Function: long long int atoll (const char *STRING)
Preliminary: | MT-Safe locale | AS-Safe | AC-Safe | *Note POSIX
Safety Concepts::.
This function is similar to atol, except it returns a long long
int.
The atoll function was introduced in ISO C99. It too is obsolete
(despite having just been added); use strtoll instead.
All the functions mentioned in this section so far do not handle
alternative representations of characters as described in the locale
data. Some locales specify thousands separator and the way they have to
be used which can help to make large numbers more readable. To read
such numbers one has to use the scanf functions with the ' flag.
Here is a function which parses a string as a sequence of integers
and returns the sum of them:
int
sum_ints_from_string (char *string)
{
int sum = 0;
while (1) {
char *tail;
int next;
/* Skip whitespace by hand, to detect the end. */
while (isspace (*string)) string++;
if (*string == 0)
break;
/* There is more nonwhitespace, */
/* so it ought to be another number. */
errno = 0;
/* Parse it. */
next = strtol (string, &tail, 0);
/* Add it in, if not overflow. */
if (errno)
printf ("Overflow\n");
else
sum += next;
/* Advance past it. */
string = tail;
}
return sum;
}

File: libc.info, Node: Parsing of Floats, Prev: Parsing of Integers, Up: Parsing of Numbers
20.11.2 Parsing of Floats
-------------------------
The str functions are declared in stdlib.h and those beginning with
wcs are declared in wchar.h. One might wonder about the use of
restrict in the prototypes of the functions in this section. It is
seemingly useless but the ISO C standard uses it (for the functions
defined there) so we have to do it as well.
-- Function: double strtod (const char *restrict STRING, char
**restrict TAILPTR)
Preliminary: | MT-Safe locale | AS-Safe | AC-Safe | *Note POSIX
Safety Concepts::.
The strtod (“string-to-double”) function converts the initial
part of STRING to a floating-point number, which is returned as a
value of type double.
This function attempts to decompose STRING as follows:
• A (possibly empty) sequence of whitespace characters. Which
characters are whitespace is determined by the isspace
function (*note Classification of Characters::). These are
discarded.
• An optional plus or minus sign (+ or -).
• A floating point number in decimal or hexadecimal format. The
decimal format is:
A nonempty sequence of digits optionally containing a
decimal-point character—normally ., but it depends on
the locale (*note General Numeric::).
An optional exponent part, consisting of a character e
or E, an optional sign, and a sequence of digits.
The hexadecimal format is as follows:
A 0x or 0X followed by a nonempty sequence of hexadecimal
digits optionally containing a decimal-point
character—normally ., but it depends on the locale
(*note General Numeric::).
An optional binary-exponent part, consisting of a
character p or P, an optional sign, and a sequence of
digits.
• Any remaining characters in the string. If TAILPTR is not a
null pointer, a pointer to this tail of the string is stored
in *TAILPTR.
If the string is empty, contains only whitespace, or does not
contain an initial substring that has the expected syntax for a
floating-point number, no conversion is performed. In this case,
strtod returns a value of zero and the value returned in
*TAILPTR is the value of STRING.
In a locale other than the standard "C" or "POSIX" locales,
this function may recognize additional locale-dependent syntax.
If the string has valid syntax for a floating-point number but the
value is outside the range of a double, strtod will signal
overflow or underflow as described in *note Math Error Reporting::.
strtod recognizes four special input strings. The strings
"inf" and "infinity" are converted to oo, or to the largest
representable value if the floating-point format doesnt support
infinities. You can prepend a "+" or "-" to specify the sign.
Case is ignored when scanning these strings.
The strings "nan" and "nan(CHARS…)" are converted to NaN.
Again, case is ignored. If CHARS… are provided, they are used in
some unspecified fashion to select a particular representation of
NaN (there can be several).
Since zero is a valid result as well as the value returned on
error, you should check for errors in the same way as for strtol,
by examining errno and TAILPTR.
-- Function: float strtof (const char *STRING, char **TAILPTR)
-- Function: long double strtold (const char *STRING, char **TAILPTR)
Preliminary: | MT-Safe locale | AS-Safe | AC-Safe | *Note POSIX
Safety Concepts::.
These functions are analogous to strtod, but return float and
long double values respectively. They report errors in the same
way as strtod. strtof can be substantially faster than
strtod, but has less precision; conversely, strtold can be much
slower but has more precision (on systems where long double is a
separate type).
These functions have been GNU extensions and are new to ISO C99.
-- Function: _FloatN strtofN (const char *STRING, char **TAILPTR)
-- Function: _FloatNx strtofNx (const char *STRING, char **TAILPTR)
Preliminary: | MT-Safe locale | AS-Safe | AC-Safe | *Note POSIX
Safety Concepts::.
These functions are like strtod, except for the return type.
They were introduced in ISO/IEC TS 18661-3 and are available on
machines that support the related types; *note Mathematics::.
-- Function: double wcstod (const wchar_t *restrict STRING, wchar_t
**restrict TAILPTR)
-- Function: float wcstof (const wchar_t *STRING, wchar_t **TAILPTR)
-- Function: long double wcstold (const wchar_t *STRING, wchar_t
**TAILPTR)
-- Function: _FloatN wcstofN (const wchar_t *STRING, wchar_t **TAILPTR)
-- Function: _FloatNx wcstofNx (const wchar_t *STRING, wchar_t
**TAILPTR)
Preliminary: | MT-Safe locale | AS-Safe | AC-Safe | *Note POSIX
Safety Concepts::.
The wcstod, wcstof, wcstol, wcstofN, and wcstofNx
functions are equivalent in nearly all aspects to the strtod,
strtof, strtold, strtofN, and strtofNx functions, but they
handle wide character strings.
The wcstod function was introduced in Amendment 1 of ISO C90.
The wcstof and wcstold functions were introduced in ISO C99.
The wcstofN and wcstofNx functions are not in any standard, but
are added to provide completeness for the non-deprecated interface
of wide character string to floating-point conversion functions.
They are only available on machines that support the related types;
*note Mathematics::.
-- Function: double atof (const char *STRING)
Preliminary: | MT-Safe locale | AS-Safe | AC-Safe | *Note POSIX
Safety Concepts::.
This function is similar to the strtod function, except that it
need not detect overflow and underflow errors. The atof function
is provided mostly for compatibility with existing code; using
strtod is more robust.
The GNU C Library also provides _l versions of these functions,
which take an additional argument, the locale to use in conversion.
See also *note Parsing of Integers::.

File: libc.info, Node: Printing of Floats, Next: System V Number Conversion, Prev: Parsing of Numbers, Up: Arithmetic
20.12 Printing of Floats
========================
The strfrom functions are declared in stdlib.h.
-- Function: int strfromd (char *restrict STRING, size_t SIZE, const
char *restrict FORMAT, double VALUE)
-- Function: int strfromf (char *restrict STRING, size_t SIZE, const
char *restrict FORMAT, float VALUE)
-- Function: int strfroml (char *restrict STRING, size_t SIZE, const
char *restrict FORMAT, long double VALUE)
Preliminary: | MT-Safe locale | AS-Unsafe heap | AC-Unsafe mem |
*Note POSIX Safety Concepts::.
The functions strfromd (“string-from-double”), strfromf
(“string-from-float”), and strfroml (“string-from-long-double”)
convert the floating-point number VALUE to a string of characters
and stores them into the area pointed to by STRING. The conversion
writes at most SIZE characters and respects the format specified by
FORMAT.
The format string must start with the character %. An optional
precision follows, which starts with a period, ., and may be
followed by a decimal integer, representing the precision. If a
decimal integer is not specified after the period, the precision is
taken to be zero. The character * is not allowed. Finally, the
format string ends with one of the following conversion specifiers:
a, A, e, E, f, F, g or G (*note Table of Output
Conversions::). Invalid format strings result in undefined
behavior.
These functions return the number of characters that would have
been written to STRING had SIZE been sufficiently large, not
counting the terminating null character. Thus, the null-terminated
output has been completely written if and only if the returned
value is less than SIZE.
These functions were introduced by ISO/IEC TS 18661-1.
-- Function: int strfromfN (char *restrict STRING, size_t SIZE, const
char *restrict FORMAT, _FloatN VALUE)
-- Function: int strfromfNx (char *restrict STRING, size_t SIZE, const
char *restrict FORMAT, _FloatNx VALUE)
Preliminary: | MT-Safe locale | AS-Unsafe heap | AC-Unsafe mem |
*Note POSIX Safety Concepts::.
These functions are like strfromd, except for the type of
value.
They were introduced in ISO/IEC TS 18661-3 and are available on
machines that support the related types; *note Mathematics::.

File: libc.info, Node: System V Number Conversion, Prev: Printing of Floats, Up: Arithmetic
20.13 Old-fashioned System V number-to-string functions
=======================================================
The old System V C library provided three functions to convert numbers
to strings, with unusual and hard-to-use semantics. The GNU C Library
also provides these functions and some natural extensions.
These functions are only available in the GNU C Library and on
systems descended from AT&T Unix. Therefore, unless these functions do
precisely what you need, it is better to use sprintf, which is
standard.
All these functions are defined in stdlib.h.
-- Function: char * ecvt (double VALUE, int NDIGIT, int *DECPT, int
*NEG)
Preliminary: | MT-Unsafe race:ecvt | AS-Unsafe | AC-Safe | *Note
POSIX Safety Concepts::.
The function ecvt converts the floating-point number VALUE to a
string with at most NDIGIT decimal digits. The returned string
contains no decimal point or sign. The first digit of the string
is non-zero (unless VALUE is actually zero) and the last digit is
rounded to nearest. *DECPT is set to the index in the string of
the first digit after the decimal point. *NEG is set to a
nonzero value if VALUE is negative, zero otherwise.
If NDIGIT decimal digits would exceed the precision of a double
it is reduced to a system-specific value.
The returned string is statically allocated and overwritten by each
call to ecvt.
If VALUE is zero, it is implementation defined whether *DECPT is
0 or 1.
For example: ecvt (12.3, 5, &d, &n) returns "12300" and sets D
to 2 and N to 0.
-- Function: char * fcvt (double VALUE, int NDIGIT, int *DECPT, int
*NEG)
Preliminary: | MT-Unsafe race:fcvt | AS-Unsafe heap | AC-Unsafe mem
| *Note POSIX Safety Concepts::.
The function fcvt is like ecvt, but NDIGIT specifies the number
of digits after the decimal point. If NDIGIT is less than zero,
VALUE is rounded to the NDIGIT+1th place to the left of the
decimal point. For example, if NDIGIT is -1, VALUE will be
rounded to the nearest 10. If NDIGIT is negative and larger than
the number of digits to the left of the decimal point in VALUE,
VALUE will be rounded to one significant digit.
If NDIGIT decimal digits would exceed the precision of a double
it is reduced to a system-specific value.
The returned string is statically allocated and overwritten by each
call to fcvt.
-- Function: char * gcvt (double VALUE, int NDIGIT, char *BUF)
Preliminary: | MT-Safe | AS-Safe | AC-Safe | *Note POSIX Safety
Concepts::.
gcvt is functionally equivalent to sprintf(buf, "%*g", ndigit,
value). It is provided only for compatibilitys sake. It returns
BUF.
If NDIGIT decimal digits would exceed the precision of a double
it is reduced to a system-specific value.
As extensions, the GNU C Library provides versions of these three
functions that take long double arguments.
-- Function: char * qecvt (long double VALUE, int NDIGIT, int *DECPT,
int *NEG)
Preliminary: | MT-Unsafe race:qecvt | AS-Unsafe | AC-Safe | *Note
POSIX Safety Concepts::.
This function is equivalent to ecvt except that it takes a long
double for the first parameter and that NDIGIT is restricted by
the precision of a long double.
-- Function: char * qfcvt (long double VALUE, int NDIGIT, int *DECPT,
int *NEG)
Preliminary: | MT-Unsafe race:qfcvt | AS-Unsafe heap | AC-Unsafe
mem | *Note POSIX Safety Concepts::.
This function is equivalent to fcvt except that it takes a long
double for the first parameter and that NDIGIT is restricted by
the precision of a long double.
-- Function: char * qgcvt (long double VALUE, int NDIGIT, char *BUF)
Preliminary: | MT-Safe | AS-Safe | AC-Safe | *Note POSIX Safety
Concepts::.
This function is equivalent to gcvt except that it takes a long
double for the first parameter and that NDIGIT is restricted by
the precision of a long double.
The ecvt and fcvt functions, and their long double equivalents,
all return a string located in a static buffer which is overwritten by
the next call to the function. The GNU C Library provides another set
of extended functions which write the converted string into a
user-supplied buffer. These have the conventional _r suffix.
gcvt_r is not necessary, because gcvt already uses a
user-supplied buffer.
-- Function: int ecvt_r (double VALUE, int NDIGIT, int *DECPT, int
*NEG, char *BUF, size_t LEN)
Preliminary: | MT-Safe | AS-Safe | AC-Safe | *Note POSIX Safety
Concepts::.
The ecvt_r function is the same as ecvt, except that it places
its result into the user-specified buffer pointed to by BUF, with
length LEN. The return value is -1 in case of an error and zero
otherwise.
This function is a GNU extension.
-- Function: int fcvt_r (double VALUE, int NDIGIT, int *DECPT, int
*NEG, char *BUF, size_t LEN)
Preliminary: | MT-Safe | AS-Safe | AC-Safe | *Note POSIX Safety
Concepts::.
The fcvt_r function is the same as fcvt, except that it places
its result into the user-specified buffer pointed to by BUF, with
length LEN. The return value is -1 in case of an error and zero
otherwise.
This function is a GNU extension.
-- Function: int qecvt_r (long double VALUE, int NDIGIT, int *DECPT,
int *NEG, char *BUF, size_t LEN)
Preliminary: | MT-Safe | AS-Safe | AC-Safe | *Note POSIX Safety
Concepts::.
The qecvt_r function is the same as qecvt, except that it
places its result into the user-specified buffer pointed to by BUF,
with length LEN. The return value is -1 in case of an error and
zero otherwise.
This function is a GNU extension.
-- Function: int qfcvt_r (long double VALUE, int NDIGIT, int *DECPT,
int *NEG, char *BUF, size_t LEN)
Preliminary: | MT-Safe | AS-Safe | AC-Safe | *Note POSIX Safety
Concepts::.
The qfcvt_r function is the same as qfcvt, except that it
places its result into the user-specified buffer pointed to by BUF,
with length LEN. The return value is -1 in case of an error and
zero otherwise.
This function is a GNU extension.

File: libc.info, Node: Date and Time, Next: Resource Usage And Limitation, Prev: Arithmetic, Up: Top
21 Date and Time
****************
This chapter describes functions for manipulating dates and times,
including functions for determining what time it is and conversion
between different time representations.
* Menu:
* Time Basics:: Concepts and definitions.
* Time Types:: Data types to represent time.
* Calculating Elapsed Time:: How to calculate the length of an interval.
* Processor And CPU Time:: Time a program has spent executing.
* Calendar Time:: Manipulation of “real” dates and times.
* Setting an Alarm:: Sending a signal after a specified time.
* Sleeping:: Waiting for a period of time.

File: libc.info, Node: Time Basics, Next: Time Types, Up: Date and Time
21.1 Time Basics
================
Discussing time in a technical manual can be difficult because the word
“time” in English refers to lots of different things. In this manual,
we use a rigorous terminology to avoid confusion, and the only thing we
use the simple word “time” for is to talk about the abstract concept.
A "calendar time" is a point in the time continuum, for example
November 4, 1990, at 18:02.5 UTC. Sometimes this is called “absolute
time”.
We dont speak of a “date”, because that is inherent in a calendar
time.
An "interval" is a contiguous part of the time continuum between two
calendar times, for example the hour between 9:00 and 10:00 on July 4,
1980.
An "elapsed time" is the length of an interval, for example, 35
minutes. People sometimes sloppily use the word “interval” to refer to
the elapsed time of some interval.
An "amount of time" is a sum of elapsed times, which need not be of
any specific intervals. For example, the amount of time it takes to
read a book might be 9 hours, independently of when and in how many
sittings it is read.
A "period" is the elapsed time of an interval between two events,
especially when they are part of a sequence of regularly repeating
events.
A "simple calendar time" is a calendar time represented as an elapsed
time since a fixed, implementation-specific calendar time called the
"epoch". This representation is convenient for doing calculations on
calendar times, such as finding the elapsed time between two calendar
times. Simple calendar times are independent of time zone; they
represent the same instant in time regardless of where on the globe the
computer is.
POSIX says that simple calendar times do not include leap seconds,
but some (otherwise POSIX-conformant) systems can be configured to
include leap seconds in simple calendar times.
A "broken-down time" is a calendar time represented by its components
in the Gregorian calendar: year, month, day, hour, minute, and second.
A broken-down time value is relative to a specific time zone, and so it
is also sometimes called a "local time". Broken-down times are most
useful for input and output, as they are easier for people to
understand, but more difficult to calculate with.
"CPU time" measures the amount of time that a single process has
actively used a CPU to perform computations. It does not include the
time that process has spent waiting for external events. The system
tracks the CPU time used by each process separately.
"Processor time" measures the amount of time _any_ CPU has been in
use by _any_ process. It is a basic system resource, since theres a
limit to how much can exist in any given interval (the elapsed time of
the interval times the number of CPUs in the computer)
People often call this CPU time, but we reserve the latter term in
this manual for the definition above.

File: libc.info, Node: Time Types, Next: Calculating Elapsed Time, Prev: Time Basics, Up: Date and Time
21.2 Time Types
===============
ISO C and POSIX define several data types for representing elapsed
times, simple calendar times, and broken-down times.
-- Data Type: clock_t
clock_t is used to measure processor and CPU time. It may be an
integer or a floating-point type. Its values are counts of "clock
ticks" since some arbitrary event in the past. The number of clock
ticks per second is system-specific. *Note Processor And CPU
Time::, for further detail.
-- Data Type: time_t
time_t is the simplest data type used to represent simple
calendar time.
In ISO C, time_t can be either an integer or a floating-point
type, and the meaning of time_t values is not specified. The
only things a strictly conforming program can do with time_t
values are: pass them to difftime to get the elapsed time between
two simple calendar times (*note Calculating Elapsed Time::), and
pass them to the functions that convert them to broken-down time
(*note Broken-down Time::).
On POSIX-conformant systems, time_t is an integer type and its
values represent the number of seconds elapsed since the "epoch",
which is 00:00:00 on January 1, 1970, Coordinated Universal Time.
The GNU C Library additionally guarantees that time_t is a signed
type, and that all of its functions operate correctly on negative
time_t values, which are interpreted as times before the epoch.
-- Data Type: struct timespec
struct timespec represents a simple calendar time, or an elapsed
time, with sub-second resolution. It is declared in time.h and
has the following members:
time_t tv_sec
The number of whole seconds elapsed since the epoch (for a
simple calendar time) or since some other starting point (for
an elapsed time).
long int tv_nsec
The number of nanoseconds elapsed since the time given by the
tv_sec member.
When struct timespec values are produced by GNU C Library
functions, the value in this field will always be greater than
or equal to zero, and less than 1,000,000,000. When struct
timespec values are supplied to GNU C Library functions, the
value in this field must be in the same range.
-- Data Type: struct timeval
struct timeval is an older type for representing a simple
calendar time, or an elapsed time, with sub-second resolution. It
is almost the same as struct timespec, but provides only
microsecond resolution. It is declared in sys/time.h and has the
following members:
time_t tv_sec
The number of whole seconds elapsed since the epoch (for a
simple calendar time) or since some other starting point (for
an elapsed time).
long int tv_usec
The number of microseconds elapsed since the time given by the
tv_sec member.
When struct timeval values are produced by GNU C Library
functions, the value in this field will always be greater than
or equal to zero, and less than 1,000,000. When struct
timeval values are supplied to GNU C Library functions, the
value in this field must be in the same range.
-- Data Type: struct tm
This is the data type used to represent a broken-down time. It has
separate fields for year, month, day, and so on. *Note Broken-down
Time::, for further details.

File: libc.info, Node: Calculating Elapsed Time, Next: Processor And CPU Time, Prev: Time Types, Up: Date and Time
21.3 Calculating Elapsed Time
=============================
Often, one wishes to calculate an elapsed time as the difference between
two simple calendar times. The GNU C Library provides only one function
for this purpose.
-- Function: double difftime (time_t END, time_t BEGIN)
Preliminary: | MT-Safe | AS-Safe | AC-Safe | *Note POSIX Safety
Concepts::.
The difftime function returns the number of seconds of elapsed
time from calendar time BEGIN to calendar time END, as a value of
type double.
On POSIX-conformant systems, the advantage of using difftime (END,
BEGIN) over END - BEGIN is that it will produce the
mathematically correct result even if END and BEGIN are so far
apart that a simple subtraction would overflow. However, if they
are so far apart that a double cannot exactly represent the
difference, the result will be inexact.
On other systems, time_t values might be encoded in a way that
prevents subtraction from working directly, and then difftime
would be the only way to compute their difference.
The GNU C Library does not provide any functions for computing the
difference between two values of type struct timeval or
struct timespec. Here is the recommended way to do this calculation
by hand. It works even on some peculiar operating systems where the
tv_sec member has an unsigned type.
/* Subtract the struct timeval values X and Y,
storing the result in RESULT.
Return 1 if the difference is negative, otherwise 0. */
int
timeval_subtract (struct timeval *result, struct timeval *x, struct timeval *y)
{
/* Perform the carry for the later subtraction by updating Y. */
if (x->tv_usec < y->tv_usec) {
int nsec = (y->tv_usec - x->tv_usec) / 1000000 + 1;
y->tv_usec -= 1000000 * nsec;
y->tv_sec += nsec;
}
if (x->tv_usec - y->tv_usec > 1000000) {
int nsec = (x->tv_usec - y->tv_usec) / 1000000;
y->tv_usec += 1000000 * nsec;
y->tv_sec -= nsec;
}
/* Compute the time remaining to wait.
tv_usec is certainly positive. */
result->tv_sec = x->tv_sec - y->tv_sec;
result->tv_usec = x->tv_usec - y->tv_usec;
/* Return 1 if result is negative. */
return x->tv_sec < y->tv_sec;
}

File: libc.info, Node: Processor And CPU Time, Next: Calendar Time, Prev: Calculating Elapsed Time, Up: Date and Time
21.4 Processor And CPU Time
===========================
If youre trying to optimize your program or measure its efficiency,
its very useful to know how much processor time it uses. For that,
calendar time and elapsed times are useless because a process may spend
time waiting for I/O or for other processes to use the CPU. However, you
can get the information with the functions in this section.
CPU time (*note Time Basics::) is represented by the data type
clock_t, which is a number of "clock ticks". It gives the total
amount of time a process has actively used a CPU since some arbitrary
event. On GNU systems, that event is the creation of the process.
While arbitrary in general, the event is always the same event for any
particular process, so you can always measure how much time on the CPU a
particular computation takes by examining the process CPU time before
and after the computation.
On GNU/Linux and GNU/Hurd systems, clock_t is equivalent to long
int and CLOCKS_PER_SEC is an integer value. But in other systems,
both clock_t and the macro CLOCKS_PER_SEC can be either integer or
floating-point types. Casting CPU time values to double, as in the
example above, makes sure that operations such as arithmetic and
printing work properly and consistently no matter what the underlying
representation is.
Note that the clock can wrap around. On a 32bit system with
CLOCKS_PER_SEC set to one million this function will return the same
value approximately every 72 minutes.
For additional functions to examine a process use of processor time,
and to control it, see *note Resource Usage And Limitation::.
* Menu:
* CPU Time:: The clock function.
* Processor Time:: The times function.

File: libc.info, Node: CPU Time, Next: Processor Time, Up: Processor And CPU Time
21.4.1 CPU Time Inquiry
-----------------------
To get a process CPU time, you can use the clock function. This
facility is declared in the header file time.h.
In typical usage, you call the clock function at the beginning and
end of the interval you want to time, subtract the values, and then
divide by CLOCKS_PER_SEC (the number of clock ticks per second) to get
processor time, like this:
#include <time.h>
clock_t start, end;
double cpu_time_used;
start = clock();
… /* Do the work. */
end = clock();
cpu_time_used = ((double) (end - start)) / CLOCKS_PER_SEC;
Do not use a single CPU time as an amount of time; it doesnt work
that way. Either do a subtraction as shown above or query processor
time directly. *Note Processor Time::.
Different computers and operating systems vary wildly in how they
keep track of CPU time. Its common for the internal processor clock to
have a resolution somewhere between a hundredth and millionth of a
second.
-- Macro: int CLOCKS_PER_SEC
The value of this macro is the number of clock ticks per second
measured by the clock function. POSIX requires that this value
be one million independent of the actual resolution.
-- Function: clock_t clock (void)
Preliminary: | MT-Safe | AS-Safe | AC-Safe | *Note POSIX Safety
Concepts::.
This function returns the calling process current CPU time. If
the CPU time is not available or cannot be represented, clock
returns the value (clock_t)(-1).

File: libc.info, Node: Processor Time, Prev: CPU Time, Up: Processor And CPU Time
21.4.2 Processor Time Inquiry
-----------------------------
The times function returns information about a process consumption of
processor time in a struct tms object, in addition to the process CPU
time. *Note Time Basics::. You should include the header file
sys/times.h to use this facility.
-- Data Type: struct tms
The tms structure is used to return information about process
times. It contains at least the following members:
clock_t tms_utime
This is the total processor time the calling process has used
in executing the instructions of its program.
clock_t tms_stime
This is the processor time the system has used on behalf of
the calling process.
clock_t tms_cutime
This is the sum of the tms_utime values and the tms_cutime
values of all terminated child processes of the calling
process, whose status has been reported to the parent process
by wait or waitpid; see *note Process Completion::. In
other words, it represents the total processor time used in
executing the instructions of all the terminated child
processes of the calling process, excluding child processes
which have not yet been reported by wait or waitpid.
clock_t tms_cstime
This is similar to tms_cutime, but represents the total
processor time the system has used on behalf of all the
terminated child processes of the calling process.
All of the times are given in numbers of clock ticks. Unlike CPU
time, these are the actual amounts of time; not relative to any
event. *Note Creating a Process::.
-- Macro: int CLK_TCK
This is an obsolete name for the number of clock ticks per second.
Use sysconf (_SC_CLK_TCK) instead.
-- Function: clock_t times (struct tms *BUFFER)
Preliminary: | MT-Safe | AS-Safe | AC-Safe | *Note POSIX Safety
Concepts::.
The times function stores the processor time information for the
calling process in BUFFER.
The return value is the number of clock ticks since an arbitrary
point in the past, e.g. since system start-up. times returns
(clock_t)(-1) to indicate failure.
*Portability Note:* The clock function described in *note CPU
Time:: is specified by the ISO C standard. The times function is a
feature of POSIX.1. On GNU systems, the CPU time is defined to be
equivalent to the sum of the tms_utime and tms_stime fields returned
by times.

File: libc.info, Node: Calendar Time, Next: Setting an Alarm, Prev: Processor And CPU Time, Up: Date and Time
21.5 Calendar Time
==================
This section describes the functions for getting, setting, and
manipulating calendar times.
* Menu:
* Getting the Time:: Functions for finding out what time it is.
* Setting and Adjusting the Time::
Functions for setting and adjusting
the system clock.
* Broken-down Time:: Facilities for manipulating local time.
* Formatting Calendar Time:: Converting times to strings.
* Parsing Date and Time:: Convert textual time and date information back
into broken-down time values.
* TZ Variable:: How users specify the time zone.
* Time Zone Functions:: Functions to examine or specify the time zone.
* Time Functions Example:: An example program showing use of some of
the time functions.

File: libc.info, Node: Getting the Time, Next: Setting and Adjusting the Time, Up: Calendar Time
21.5.1 Getting the Time
-----------------------
The GNU C Library provides several functions for getting the current
calendar time, with different levels of resolution.
-- Function: time_t time (time_t *RESULT)
Preliminary: | MT-Safe | AS-Safe | AC-Safe | *Note POSIX Safety
Concepts::.
This is the simplest function for getting the current calendar
time. It returns the calendar time as a value of type time_t; on
POSIX systems, that means it has a resolution of one second. It
uses the same clock as clock_gettime (CLOCK_REALTIME_COARSE),
when the clock is available or clock_gettime (CLOCK_REALTIME)
otherwise.
If the argument RESULT is not a null pointer, the calendar time
value is also stored in *RESULT.
This function cannot fail.
Some applications need more precise timekeeping than is possible with
a time_t alone. Some applications also need more control over what is
meant by “the current time.” For these applications, POSIX provides a
function clock_gettime that can retrieve the time with up to
nanosecond precision, from a variety of different clocks. Clocks can be
system-wide, measuring time the same for all processes; or they can be
per-process or per-thread, measuring CPU time consumed by a particular
process, or some other similar resource. Each clock has its own
resolution and epoch. You can find the resolution of a clock with the
function clock_getres. There is no function to get the epoch for a
clock; either it is fixed and documented, or the clock is not meant to
be used to measure absolute times.
-- Data Type: clockid_t
The type clockid_t is used for constants that indicate which of
several system clocks one wishes to use.
All systems that support this family of functions will define at
least this clock constant:
-- Macro: clockid_t CLOCK_REALTIME
This clock uses the POSIX epoch, 00:00:00 on January 1, 1970,
Coordinated Universal Time. It is close to, but not necessarily in
lock-step with, the clocks of time (above) and of gettimeofday
(below).
A second clock constant which is not universal, but still very
common, is for a clock measuring "monotonic time". Monotonic time is
useful for measuring elapsed times, because it guarantees that those
measurements are not affected by changes to the system clock.
-- Macro: clockid_t CLOCK_MONOTONIC
System-wide clock that continuously measures the advancement of
calendar time, ignoring discontinuous changes to the systems
setting for absolute calendar time.
The epoch for this clock is an unspecified point in the past. The
epoch may change if the system is rebooted or suspended.
Therefore, CLOCK_MONOTONIC cannot be used to measure absolute
time, only elapsed time.
Systems may support more than just these two clocks.
-- Function: int clock_gettime (clockid_t CLOCK, struct timespec *TS)
Get the current time accoding to the clock identified by CLOCK,
storing it as seconds and nanoseconds in *TS. *Note Time
Types::, for a description of struct timespec.
The return value is 0 on success and -1 on failure. The
following errno error condition is defined for this function:
EINVAL
The clock identified by CLOCK is not supported.
clock_gettime reports the time scaled to seconds and nanoseconds,
but the actual resolution of each clock may not be as fine as one
nanosecond, and may not be the same for all clocks. POSIX also provides
a function for finding out the actual resolution of a clock:
-- Function: int clock_getres (clockid_t CLOCK, struct timespec *RES)
Get the actual resolution of the clock identified by CLOCK, storing
it in *TS.
For instance, if the clock hardware for CLOCK_REALTIME uses a
quartz crystal that oscillates at 32.768 kHz, then its resolution
would be 30.518 microseconds, and clock_getres (CLOCK_REALTIME, &r)
would set r.tv_sec to 0 and r.tv_nsec to 30518.
The return value is 0 on success and -1 on failure. The
following errno error condition is defined for this function:
EINVAL
The clock identified by CLOCK is not supported.
These functions, and the constants that identify particular clocks,
are declared in time.h.
*Portability Note:* On some systems, including systems that use older
versions of the GNU C Library, programs that use clock_gettime or
clock_setres must be linked with the -lrt library. This has not
been necessary with the GNU C Library since version 2.17.
The GNU C Library also provides an older, but still widely used,
function for getting the current time with a resolution of microseconds.
This function is declared in sys/time.h.
-- Function: int gettimeofday (struct timeval *TP, void *TZP)
Preliminary: | MT-Safe | AS-Safe | AC-Safe | *Note POSIX Safety
Concepts::.
Get the current calendar time, storing it as seconds and
microseconds in *TP. *Note Time Types::, for a description of
struct timeval. The clock of gettimeofday is close to, but not
necessarily in lock-step with, the clocks of time and of clock_gettime (CLOCK_REALTIME)
(see above).
On some historic systems, if TZP was not a null pointer,
information about a system-wide time zone would be written to
*TZP. This feature is obsolete and not supported on GNU systems.
You should always supply a null pointer for this argument.
Instead, use the facilities described in *note Time Zone
Functions:: and in *note Broken-down Time:: for working with time
zones.
This function cannot fail, and its return value is always 0.
*Portability Note:* As of the 2008 revision of POSIX, this function
is considered obsolete. The GNU C Library will continue to provide
this function indefinitely, but new programs should use
clock_gettime instead.

File: libc.info, Node: Setting and Adjusting the Time, Next: Broken-down Time, Prev: Getting the Time, Up: Calendar Time
21.5.2 Setting and Adjusting the Time
-------------------------------------
The clock hardware inside a modern computer is quite reliable, but it
can still be wrong. The functions in this section allow one to set the
systems idea of the current calendar time, and to adjust the rate at
which the system counts seconds, so that the calendar time will both be
accurate, and remain accurate.
The functions in this section require special privileges to use.
*Note Users and Groups::.
-- Function: int clock_settime (clockid_t CLOCK, const struct timespec
*TS)
Preliminary: | MT-Safe | AS-Safe | AC-Safe | *Note POSIX Safety
Concepts::.
Change the current calendar time, according to the clock identified
by CLOCK, to be the simple calendar time in *TS.
Not all of the systems clocks can be changed. For instance, the
CLOCK_REALTIME clock can be changed (with the appropriate
privileges), but the CLOCK_MONOTONIC clock cannot.
Because simple calendar times are independent of time zone, this
function should not be used when the time zone changes (e.g. if the
computer is physically moved from one zone to another). Instead,
use the facilities described in *note Time Zone Functions::.
clock_settime causes the clock to jump forwards or backwards,
which can cause a variety of problems. Changing the
CLOCK_REALTIME clock with clock_settime does not affect when
timers expire (*note Setting an Alarm::) or when sleeping processes
wake up (*note Sleeping::), which avoids some of the problems.
Still, for small changes made while the system is running, it is
better to use ntp_adjtime (below) to make a smooth transition
from one time to another.
The return value is 0 on success and -1 on failure. The
following errno error conditions are defined for this function:
EINVAL
The clock identified by CLOCK is not supported or cannot be
set at all, or the simple calendar time in *TS is invalid
(for instance, ts->tv_nsec is negative or greater than
999,999,999).
EPERM
This process does not have the privileges required to set the
clock identified by CLOCK.
*Portability Note*: On some systems, including systems that use
older versions of the GNU C Library, programs that use
clock_settime must be linked with the -lrt library. This has
not been necessary with the GNU C Library since version 2.17.
For systems that remain up and running for long periods, it is not
enough to set the time once; one should also "discipline" the clock so
that it does not drift away from the true calendar time.
The ntp_gettime and ntp_adjtime functions provide an interface to
monitor and discipline the system clock. For example, you can fine-tune
the rate at which the clock “ticks,” and make small adjustments to the
current reported calendar time smoothly, by temporarily speeding up or
slowing down the clock.
These functions names begin with ntp_ because they were designed
for use by programs implementing the Network Time Protocol to
synchronize a systems clock with other systems clocks and/or with
external high-precision clock hardware.
These functions, and the constants and structures they use, are
declared in sys/timex.h.
-- Data Type: struct ntptimeval
This structure is used to report information about the system
clock. It contains the following members:
struct timeval time
The current calendar time, as if retrieved by gettimeofday.
The struct timeval data type is described in *note Time
Types::.
long int maxerror
This is the maximum error, measured in microseconds. Unless
updated via ntp_adjtime periodically, this value will reach
some platform-specific maximum value.
long int esterror
This is the estimated error, measured in microseconds. This
value can be set by ntp_adjtime to indicate the estimated
offset of the system clock from the true calendar time.
-- Function: int ntp_gettime (struct ntptimeval *TPTR)
Preliminary: | MT-Safe | AS-Safe | AC-Safe | *Note POSIX Safety
Concepts::.
The ntp_gettime function sets the structure pointed to by TPTR to
current values. The elements of the structure afterwards contain
the values the timer implementation in the kernel assumes. They
might or might not be correct. If they are not, an ntp_adjtime
call is necessary.
The return value is 0 on success and other values on failure.
The following errno error conditions are defined for this
function:
TIME_ERROR
The precision clock model is not properly set up at the
moment, thus the clock must be considered unsynchronized, and
the values should be treated with care.
-- Data Type: struct timex
This structure is used to control and monitor the system clock. It
contains the following members:
unsigned int modes
This variable controls whether and which values are set.
Several symbolic constants have to be combined with _binary
or_ to specify the effective mode. These constants start with
MOD_.
long int offset
This value indicates the current offset of the system clock
from the true calendar time. The value is given in
microseconds. If bit MOD_OFFSET is set in modes, the
offset (and possibly other dependent values) can be set. The
offsets absolute value must not exceed MAXPHASE.
long int frequency
This value indicates the difference in frequency between the
true calendar time and the system clock. The value is
expressed as scaled PPM (parts per million, 0.0001%). The
scaling is 1 << SHIFT_USEC. The value can be set with bit
MOD_FREQUENCY, but the absolute value must not exceed
MAXFREQ.
long int maxerror
This is the maximum error, measured in microseconds. A new
value can be set using bit MOD_MAXERROR. Unless updated via
ntp_adjtime periodically, this value will increase steadily
and reach some platform-specific maximum value.
long int esterror
This is the estimated error, measured in microseconds. This
value can be set using bit MOD_ESTERROR.
int status
This variable reflects the various states of the clock
machinery. There are symbolic constants for the significant
bits, starting with STA_. Some of these flags can be
updated using the MOD_STATUS bit.
long int constant
This value represents the bandwidth or stiffness of the PLL
(phase locked loop) implemented in the kernel. The value can
be changed using bit MOD_TIMECONST.
long int precision
This value represents the accuracy or the maximum error when
reading the system clock. The value is expressed in
microseconds.
long int tolerance
This value represents the maximum frequency error of the
system clock in scaled PPM. This value is used to increase the
maxerror every second.
struct timeval time
The current calendar time.
long int tick
The elapsed time between clock ticks in microseconds. A clock
tick is a periodic timer interrupt on which the system clock
is based.
long int ppsfreq
This is the first of a few optional variables that are present
only if the system clock can use a PPS (pulse per second)
signal to discipline the system clock. The value is expressed
in scaled PPM and it denotes the difference in frequency
between the system clock and the PPS signal.
long int jitter
This value expresses a median filtered average of the PPS
signals dispersion in microseconds.
int shift
This value is a binary exponent for the duration of the PPS
calibration interval, ranging from PPS_SHIFT to
PPS_SHIFTMAX.
long int stabil
This value represents the median filtered dispersion of the
PPS frequency in scaled PPM.
long int jitcnt
This counter represents the number of pulses where the jitter
exceeded the allowed maximum MAXTIME.
long int calcnt
This counter reflects the number of successful calibration
intervals.
long int errcnt
This counter represents the number of calibration errors
(caused by large offsets or jitter).
long int stbcnt
This counter denotes the number of calibrations where the
stability exceeded the threshold.
-- Function: int ntp_adjtime (struct timex *TPTR)
Preliminary: | MT-Safe | AS-Safe | AC-Safe | *Note POSIX Safety
Concepts::.
The ntp_adjtime function sets the structure specified by TPTR to
current values.
In addition, ntp_adjtime updates some settings to match what you
pass to it in *TPTR. Use the modes element of *TPTR to
select what settings to update. You can set offset, freq,
maxerror, esterror, status, constant, and tick.
modes = zero means set nothing.
Only the superuser can update settings.
The return value is 0 on success and other values on failure.
The following errno error conditions are defined for this
function:
TIME_ERROR
The high accuracy clock model is not properly set up at the
moment, thus the clock must be considered unsynchronized, and
the values should be treated with care. Another reason could
be that the specified new values are not allowed.
EPERM
The process specified a settings update, but is not superuser.
For more details see RFC1305 (Network Time Protocol, Version 3) and
related documents.
*Portability note:* Early versions of the GNU C Library did not
have this function, but did have the synonymous adjtimex.
-- Function: int adjtime (const struct timeval *DELTA, struct timeval
*OLDDELTA)
Preliminary: | MT-Safe | AS-Safe | AC-Safe | *Note POSIX Safety
Concepts::.
This simpler version of ntp_adjtime speeds up or slows down the
system clock for a short time, in order to correct it by a small
amount. This avoids a discontinuous change in the calendar time
reported by the CLOCK_REALTIME clock, at the price of having to
wait longer for the time to become correct.
The DELTA argument specifies a relative adjustment to be made to
the clock time. If negative, the system clock is slowed down for a
while until it has lost this much elapsed time. If positive, the
system clock is speeded up for a while.
If the OLDDELTA argument is not a null pointer, the adjtime
function returns information about any previous time adjustment
that has not yet completed.
The return value is 0 on success and -1 on failure. The
following errno error condition is defined for this function:
EPERM
This process does not have the privileges required to adjust
the CLOCK_REALTIME clock.
For compatibility, the GNU C Library also provides several older
functions for controlling the system time. New programs should prefer
to use the functions above.
-- Function: int stime (const time_t *NEWTIME)
Preliminary: | MT-Safe | AS-Safe | AC-Safe | *Note POSIX Safety
Concepts::.
Change the CLOCK_REALTIME calendar time to be the simple calendar
time in *NEWTIME. Calling this function is exactly the same as
calling clock_settime (CLOCK_REALTIME), except that the new time
can only be set to a precision of one second.
This function is no longer available on GNU systems, but it may be
the _only_ way to set the time on very old Unix systems, so we
continue to document it. If it is available, it is declared in
time.h.
The return value is 0 on success and -1 on failure. The
following errno error condition is defined for this function:
EPERM
This process does not have the privileges required to adjust
the CLOCK_REALTIME clock.
-- Function: int adjtimex (struct timex *TIMEX)
Preliminary: | MT-Safe | AS-Safe | AC-Safe | *Note POSIX Safety
Concepts::.
adjtimex is an older name for ntp_adjtime. This function is
only available on GNU/Linux systems. It is declared in
sys/timex.h.
-- Function: int settimeofday (const struct timeval *TP, const void
*TZP)
Preliminary: | MT-Safe | AS-Safe | AC-Safe | *Note POSIX Safety
Concepts::.
Change the CLOCK_REALTIME calendar time to be the simple calendar
time in *NEWTIME. This function is declared in sys/time.h.
When TZP is a null pointer, calling this function is exactly the
same as calling clock_settime (CLOCK_REALTIME), except that the
new time can only be set to a precision of one microsecond.
When TZP is not a null pointer, the data it points to _may_ be used
to set a system-wide idea of the current timezone. This feature is
obsolete and not supported on GNU systems. Instead, use the
facilities described in *note Time Zone Functions:: and in *note
Broken-down Time:: for working with time zones.
The return value is 0 on success and -1 on failure. The
following errno error conditions are defined for this function:
EPERM
This process does not have the privileges required to set the
CLOCK_REALTIME clock.
EINVAL
Neither TP nor TZP is a null pointer. (For historical
reasons, it is not possible to set the current time and the
current time zone in the same call.)
ENOSYS
The operating system does not support setting time zone
information, and TZP is not a null pointer.