NAME

feclearexcept — clear floating-point exception

SYNOPSIS

#include <fenv.h>

int feclearexcept(int excepts);


DESCRIPTION

^[CX] The functionality described on this reference page is aligned with the ISO C standard. Any conflict between the requirements described here and the ISO C standard is unintentional. This volume of POSIX.1-2024 defers to the ISO C standard.

The feclearexcept() function shall attempt to clear the supported floating-point exceptions represented by excepts.

RETURN VALUE

If the argument is zero or if all the specified exceptions were successfully cleared, feclearexcept() shall return zero. Otherwise, it shall return a non-zero value.

ERRORS

No errors are defined.

EXAMPLES

None.

APPLICATION USAGE

None.

RATIONALE

None.

FUTURE DIRECTIONS

None.

SEE ALSO

fegetexceptflag, feraiseexcept, fetestexcept

XBD <fenv.h>

CHANGE HISTORY

First released in Issue 6. Derived from the ISO/IEC 9899:1999 standard.

ISO/IEC 9899:1999 standard, Technical Corrigendum 1 is incorporated.