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signbit(3)               BSD Library Functions Manual               signbit(3)


NAME

     signbit -- determine whether a floating-point number's sign is negative


LIBRARY

     Standard C Library (libc, -lc)


SYNOPSIS

     #include <math.h>

     int
     signbit(real-floating x);


DESCRIPTION

     The signbit() macro takes an argument of x.  It returns non-zero if the
     value of the argument's sign is negative, otherwise 0.


SEE ALSO

     fpclassify(3), math(3)


STANDARDS

     The signbit() macro conforms to ISO/IEC 9899:1999 (``ISO C99'').

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