nan, nanf, nanl

float       nanf( const char* arg );

double      nan( const char* arg );

long double nanl( const char* arg );

Converts the implementation-defined character string arg into the corresponding quiet NaN value, as if by calling strtof, strtod, or strtold, respectively, as follows:

The call nan("string") is equivalent to the call strtod("NAN(string)", (char**)NULL);.

The call nan("") is equivalent to the call strtod("NAN()", (char**)NULL);.

The call nan(NULL) is equivalent to the call strtod("NAN", (char**)NULL);.

Parameters

Return value

The quiet NaN value that corresponds to the identifying string arg or zero if the implementation does not support quiet NaNs.

Example

#include <stdio.h>
#include <math.h>
#include <stdint.h>
#include <inttypes.h>
#include <string.h>
 
int main(void)
{
    double f1 = nan("1");
    uint64_t f1n; memcpy(&f1n, &f1, sizeof f1);
    printf("nan(\"1\")   = %f (%" PRIx64 ")\n", f1, f1n);
 
    double f2 = nan("2");
    uint64_t f2n; memcpy(&f2n, &f2, sizeof f2);
    printf("nan(\"2\")   = %f (%" PRIx64 ")\n", f2, f2n);
 
    double f3 = nan("0xF");
    uint64_t f3n; memcpy(&f3n, &f3, sizeof f3);
    printf("nan(\"0xF\") = %f (%" PRIx64 ")\n", f3, f3n);
}

nan("1")   = nan (7ff8000000000001)
nan("2")   = nan (7ff8000000000002)
nan("0xF") = nan (7ff800000000000f)

See also