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NAME

fesetexceptflag() — set floating-point exception flags

SYNOPSIS

#include <fenv.h>

void fesetexceptflag(const fexcept_t *flagp, int excepts);

DESCRIPTION

The fesetexceptflag() function sets the status for the exception flags indicated by the argument excepts according to the representation in the object pointed to by flagp. The value of *flagp must have been set by a previous call to fegetexceptflag(); otherwise, the effect on the indicated exception flags is undefined. This function does not raise exceptions, but only sets the state of the flags. The excepts argument can be constructed as a bitwise OR of the exception macros: FE_INEXACT, FE_DIVBYZERO, FE_UNDERFLOW, FE_OVERFLOW, and FE_INVALID. FE_ALL_EXCEPT represents all the exceptions.

The ISO/ANSI C committee has approved the fesetexceptflag() function for inclusion in the C9X draft standard.

To use this function, compile either with the default -Ae option or with the -Aa and -D_HPUX_SOURCE options. Make sure your program includes <fenv.h>. Link in the math library by specifying -lm on the compiler or linker command line.

For more information, see the HP-UX Floating-Point Guide.

RETURN VALUE

None.

ERRORS

No errors are defined.

EXAMPLE

Use fegetexceptflag() to save the current state of two exception flags. Later, use fesetexceptflag() to restore the saved state.

#include <fenv.h> /*...*/ fexcept_t saved_flags; /*...*/ fegetexceptflag(&saved_flags, FE_DIVBYZERO | FE_INEXACT); /*...*/ fesetexceptflag(&saved_flags, FE_DIVBYZERO | FE_INEXACT);

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