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+.\" from: @(#)ieee.3 6.4 (Berkeley) 5/6/91
+.\" $FreeBSD$
+.\"
+.Dd May 4, 2005
+.Dt NEXTAFTER 3
+.Os
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm nextafter ,
+.Nm nextafterf ,
+.Nm nextafterl ,
+.Nm nexttoward ,
+.Nm nexttowardf ,
+.Nm nexttowardl
+.Nd next representable value
+.Sh LIBRARY
+.Lb libm
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.In math.h
+.Ft double
+.Fn nextafter "double x" "double y"
+.Ft float
+.Fn nextafterf "float x" "float y"
+.Ft long double
+.Fn nextafterl "long double x" "long double y"
+.Ft double
+.Fn nexttoward "double x" "long double y"
+.Ft float
+.Fn nexttowardf "float x" "long double y"
+.Ft long double
+.Fn nexttowardl "long double x" "long double y"
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+These functions
+return the next machine representable number from
+.Fa x
+in direction
+.Fa y .
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr ieee 3 ,
+.Xr math 3
+.Sh STANDARDS
+The
+.Fn nextafter ,
+.Fn nextafterf ,
+.Fn nextafterl ,
+.Fn nexttoward ,
+.Fn nexttowardf ,
+and
+.Fn nexttowardl
+routines conform to
+.St -isoC-99 .
+They implement the Nextafter function recommended by
+.St -ieee754 ,
+with the extension that
+.Fn nextafter +0.0, -0.0
+returns
+.Li -0.0 ,
+and
+.Fn nextafter -0.0, +0.0
+returns
+.Li +0.0 .
+.Sh HISTORY
+The
+.Fn nextafter
+function appeared in
+.Bx 4.3 ,
+and
+.Fn nextafterf
+appeared in
+.Fx 2.0 .
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