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27.Dd July 18, 2004
28.Dt SIGNBIT 3
29.Os
30.Sh NAME
31.Nm signbit
32.Nd "determine whether a floating-point number's sign is negative"
33.Sh LIBRARY
34.Lb libm
35.Sh SYNOPSIS
36.In math.h
37.Ft int
38.Fn signbit "real-floating x"
39.Sh DESCRIPTION
40The
41.Fn signbit
42macro takes an argument of
43.Fa x
44and returns non-zero if the value of its sign is negative, otherwise 0.
45.Sh SEE ALSO
46.Xr fpclassify 3 ,
47.Xr math 3
48.Sh STANDARDS
49The
50.Fn signbit
51macro conforms to
52.St -isoC-99 .
53.Sh HISTORY
54The
55.Fn signbit
56macro was added in
57.Fx 5.1 .
58