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+.\" Copyright (c) 2003 Mike Barcroft <mike@FreeBSD.org>
+.\" All rights reserved.
+.\"
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+.\"
+.\" $FreeBSD$
+.\"
+.Dd February 8, 2003
+.Dt FPCLASSIFY 3
+.Os
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm fpclassify
+.Nd "classify a floating-point number"
+.Sh LIBRARY
+.Lb libc
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.In math.h
+.Ft int
+.Fn fpclassify "real-floating x"
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+The
+.Fn fpclassify
+macro takes an argument of
+.Va x
+and returns one of the following manifest constants.
+.Bl -tag -width ".Dv FP_SUBNORMAL"
+.It Dv FP_INFINITE
+Indicates that
+.Va x
+is an infinite number.
+.It Dv FP_NAN
+Indicates that
+.Va x
+is not a number (NaN).
+.It Dv FP_NORMAL
+Indicates that
+.Va x
+is a normalized number.
+.It Dv FP_SUBNORMAL
+Indicates that
+.Va x
+is a denormalized number.
+.It Dv FP_ZERO
+Indicates that
+.Va x
+is zero (0 or -0).
+.El
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr math 3
+.Sh STANDARDS
+The
+.Fn fpclassify
+macro conforms to
+.St -isoC-99 .
+.Sh HISTORY
+The
+.Fn fpclassify
+macro was added in
+.Fx 5.1 .
+.Sh BUGS
+By default, the DEC Alpha architecture does not support IEEE rounding.
+See compiler documentation for additional details.
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