NAME

modf — decompose a floating-point number

SYNOPSIS

#include <math.h>

double modf(double x, double *iptr);

DESCRIPTION

The modf() function breaks the argument x into integral and fractional parts, each of which has the same sign as the argument. It stores the integral part as a double in the object pointed to by iptr .

An application wishing to check for error situations should set errno to 0 before calling modf(). If errno is non-zero on return, or the return value is NaN, an error has occurred.

RETURN VALUE

Upon successful completion, modf() returns the signed fractional part of x.

If x is NaN, NaN is returned, errno may be set to [EDOM] and *iptr is set to NaN.

If the correct value would cause underflow, 0 is returned and errno may be set to [ERANGE].

ERRORS

The modf() function may fail if:

[EDOM]

The value of x is NaN.

[ERANGE]

The result underflows.

No other errors will occur.

EXAMPLES

None.

APPLICATION USAGE

None.

SEE ALSO

frexp(3) , isnan(3) , ldexp(3) , <math.h> .

DERIVATION

Derived from Issue 1 of the SVID.