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NAME

12       isgreater - test if x greater than y
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SYNOPSIS

15       #include <math.h>
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17       int isgreater(real-floating x, real-floating y);
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DESCRIPTION

21       The isgreater() macro shall determine whether  its  first  argument  is
22       greater  than  its second argument. The value of isgreater( x, y) shall
23       be equal to (x) > (y); however,  unlike  (x) > (y),  isgreater(  x,  y)
24       shall  not  raise the invalid floating-point exception when x and y are
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RETURN VALUE

28       Upon successful completion, the  isgreater()  macro  shall  return  the
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ERRORS

34       No errors are defined.
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36       The following sections are informative.
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EXAMPLES

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APPLICATION USAGE

42       The  relational  and  equality operators support the usual mathematical
43       relationships between numeric values. For any ordered pair  of  numeric
44       values,  exactly one of the relationships (less, greater, and equal) is
45       true. Relational operators may raise the invalid floating-point  excep‐
46       tion  when  argument values are NaNs. For a NaN and a numeric value, or
47       for two NaNs, just the unordered relationship is true. This macro is  a
48       quiet  (non-floating-point  exception  raising) version of a relational
49       operator. It facilitates writing efficient code that accounts for  NaNs
50       without suffering the invalid floating-point exception. In the SYNOPSIS
51       section, real-floating indicates that the argument shall be an  expres‐
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RATIONALE

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FUTURE DIRECTIONS

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SEE ALSO

61       isgreaterequal(),     isless(),     islessequal(),     islessgreater(),
62       isunordered(), the  Base  Definitions  volume  of  IEEE Std 1003.1-2001
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67       from IEEE Std 1003.1, 2003 Edition, Standard for Information Technology
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