1ISLESSGREATER(3P)          POSIX Programmer's Manual         ISLESSGREATER(3P)
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NAME

12       islessgreater — test if x is less than or greater than y
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SYNOPSIS

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

20       The functionality described on this reference page is aligned with  the
21       ISO C  standard.  Any  conflict between the requirements described here
22       and the ISO C standard is unintentional. This  volume  of  POSIX.1‐2017
23       defers to the ISO C standard.
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25       The islessgreater() macro shall determine whether its first argument is
26       less than or greater than its second argument. The islessgreater(x,  y)
27       macro  is  similar to (x) < (y) || (x) > (y); however, islessgreater(x,
28       y) shall not raise the invalid floating-point exception when  x  and  y
29       are unordered (nor shall it evaluate x and y twice).
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RETURN VALUE

32       Upon  successful completion, the islessgreater() macro shall return the
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ERRORS

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40       The following sections are informative.
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EXAMPLES

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APPLICATION USAGE

46       The relational and equality operators support  the  usual  mathematical
47       relationships  between  numeric values. For any ordered pair of numeric
48       values, exactly one of the relationships (less, greater, and equal)  is
49       true.  Relational operators may raise the invalid floating-point excep‐
50       tion when argument values are NaNs. For a NaN and a numeric  value,  or
51       for  two NaNs, just the unordered relationship is true. This macro is a
52       quiet (non-floating-point exception raising) version  of  a  relational
53       operator.  It facilitates writing efficient code that accounts for NaNs
54       without suffering the invalid floating-point exception. In the SYNOPSIS
55       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

65       isgreater(), isgreaterequal(), isless(), islessequal(), isunordered()
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67       The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1‐2017, <math.h>
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