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+.\" Copyright (c) 1991, 1993
+.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
+.\"
+.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
+.\" are met:
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+.\"
+.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND
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+.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
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+.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
+.\"
+.\" @(#)isinf.3 8.2 (Berkeley) 1/29/94
+.\"
+.Dd January 29, 1994
+.Dt ISINF 3
+.Os
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm isinf ,
+.Nm isnan
+.Nd test for infinity or not-a-number
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.Ft int
+.Fn isinf double
+.Ft int
+.Fn isnan double
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+The
+.Fn isninf
+function
+returns 1 if the number is
+.Dq \\*(If ,
+otherwise 0.
+.Pp
+The
+.Fn isnan
+function
+returns 1 if the number is
+.Dq not-a-number ,
+otherwise 0.
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr math 3
+.Rs
+.%T "IEEE Standard for Binary Floating-Point Arithmetic"
+.%Q ANSI
+.%R Std 754-1985
+.Re
+.Sh BUGS
+Neither the
+.Tn VAX
+nor the Tahoe floating point have distinguished values
+for either infinity or not-a-number.
+These routines always return 0 on those architectures.
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