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NEXTAFTER(3)          DragonFly Library Functions Manual          NEXTAFTER(3)

NAME

nextafter, nextafterf, nextafterl, nexttoward, nexttowardf, nexttowardl -- next representable value

SYNOPSIS

#include <math.h> double nextafter(double x, double y); float nextafterf(float x, float y); long double nextafterl(long double x, long double y); double nexttoward(double x, long double y); float nexttowardf(float x, long double y); long double nexttowardl(long double x, long double y);

DESCRIPTION

These functions return the next machine representable number from x in direction y. If x equals y, these functions return y.

SEE ALSO

nearbyint(3)

STANDARDS

IEEE Std 754-1985

HISTORY

The nextafter and nextafterf functions appeared in 4.3BSD and NetBSD 1.1, respectively. DragonFly 4.1 June 5, 2013 DragonFly 4.1

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