# FP_NORMAL, FP_SUBNORMAL, FP_ZERO, FP_INFINITE, FP_NAN

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Defined in header `<math.h>` |  |
#define FP_NORMAL /*implementation defined*/ |  | (since C99)
#define FP_SUBNORMAL /*implementation defined*/ |  | (since C99)
#define FP_ZERO /*implementation defined*/ |  | (since C99)
#define FP_INFINITE /*implementation defined*/ |  | (since C99)
#define FP_NAN /*implementation defined*/ |  | (since C99)

The `FP_NORMAL`, `FP_SUBNORMAL`, `FP_ZERO`, `FP_INFINITE`, `FP_NAN` macros each represent a distinct category of floating-point numbers. They all expand to an integer constant expression.

Constant | Explanation
`FP_NORMAL` | indicates that the value is normal, i.e. not an infinity, subnormal, not-a-number or zero
`FP_SUBNORMAL` | indicates that the value is subnormal
`FP_ZERO` | indicates that the value is positive or negative zero
`FP_INFINITE` | indicates that the value is not representable by the underlying type (positive or negative infinity)
`FP_NAN` | indicates that the value is not-a-number (NaN)

### Example

Run this code

    #include <stdio.h>
    #include <math.h>
    #include <float.h>

    const char *show_classification(double x) {
        switch(fpclassify(x)) {
            case FP_INFINITE:  return "Inf";
            case FP_NAN:       return "NaN";
            case FP_NORMAL:    return "normal";
            case FP_SUBNORMAL: return "subnormal";
            case FP_ZERO:      return "zero";
            default:           return "unknown";
        }
    }
    int main(void)
    {
        printf("1.0/0.0 is %s\n", show_classification(1/0.0));
        printf("0.0/0.0 is %s\n", show_classification(0.0/0.0));
        printf("DBL_MIN/2 is %s\n", show_classification(DBL_MIN/2));
        printf("-0.0 is %s\n", show_classification(-0.0));
        printf(" 1.0 is %s\n", show_classification(1.0));
    }

Output:

    1.0/0.0 is Inf
    0.0/0.0 is NaN
    DBL_MIN/2 is subnormal
    -0.0 is zero
     1.0 is normal

### References

- C11 standard (ISO/IEC 9899:2011):

  - 7.12/6 FP_NORMAL, ... (p: 232)

- C99 standard (ISO/IEC 9899:1999):

  - 7.12/6 FP_NORMAL, ... (p: 213)

### See also

fpclassify (C99) | classifies the given floating-point value (function)
C++ documentation for FP_categories

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