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35.Dd January 26, 2005
36.Dt NEXTAFTER 3
37.Os
38.Sh NAME
39.Nm nextafter ,
40.Nm nextafterf
41.Nd next representable value
42.Sh LIBRARY
43.Lb libm
44.Sh SYNOPSIS
45.In math.h
46.Ft double
47.Fn nextafter "double x" "double y"
48.Ft float
49.Fn nextafterf "float x" "float y"
50.Sh DESCRIPTION
51.Fn nextafter
52and
53.Fn nextafterf
54return the next machine representable number from
55.Fa x
56in direction
57.Fa y .
58.Sh SEE ALSO
59.Xr ieee 3 ,
60.Xr math 3
61.Sh STANDARDS
62The
63.Fn nextafter
64and
65.Fn nextafterf
66routines conform to
67.St -isoC-99 .
68They implement the Nextafter function recommended by
69.St -ieee754 ,
70with the extension that
71.Fn nextafter +0.0, -0.0
72returns
73.Li -0.0 ,
74and
75.Fn nextafter -0.0, +0.0
76returns
77.Li +0.0 .
78.Sh HISTORY
79The
80.Fn nextafter
81function appeared in
82.Bx 4.3 ,
83and
84.Fn nextafterf
85appeared in
86.Fx 2.0 .
87