ISLESS(3P)

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NAME
isless — test if x is less than y

SYNOPSIS

#include <math.h>

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

DESCRIPTION
The functionality described on this reference page is aligned with the ISO C standard. Any conflict between the requirements described here and the ISO C standard is unintentional. This volume of POSIX.1-2017 defers to the ISO C standard.

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

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

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

ERRORS
No errors are defined.

The following sections are informative.

EXAMPLES
None.

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

RATIONALE
None.

FUTURE DIRECTIONS
None.

SEE ALSO
isgreater(), isgreaterequal(), islessequal(), islessgreater(), isunordered()

The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1-2017, <math.h>

COPYRIGHT
Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form from IEEE Std 1003.1-2017, Standard for Information Technology -- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 7, 2018 Edition, Copyright (C) 2018 by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group. In the event of any discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard is the referee document. The original Standard can be obtained online at http://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html .

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