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.Dd February 11, 2003
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.Dt SIGNBIT 3
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm signbit
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.Nd "determine whether a floating-point number's sign is negative"
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.Sh LIBRARY
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.Lb libc
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.In math.h
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.Ft int
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.Fn signbit "real-floating x"
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Fn signbit
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macro takes an argument of
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.Fa x
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and returns non-zero if the value of its sign is negative, otherwise 0.
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr fpclassify 3 ,
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.Xr math 3
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.Sh STANDARDS
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The
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.Fn signbit
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macro conforms to
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.St -isoC-99 .
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.Sh HISTORY
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The
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.Fn signbit
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macro was added in
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.Fx 5.1 .
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