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1.\" Copyright 1993 David Metcalfe (david@prism.demon.co.uk)
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31.TH MODF 3 2002-07-27 "" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
32.SH NAME
33modf, modff, modfl \- extract signed integral and fractional values from floating-point
34number
35.SH SYNOPSIS
36.nf
37.B #include <math.h>
38.sp
39.BI "double modf(double " x ", double *" iptr );
d39541ec 40.br
fea681da 41.BI "float modff(float " x ", float *" iptr );
d39541ec 42.br
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43.BI "long double modfl(long double " x ", long double *" iptr );
44.fi
45.sp
46Link with \-lm.
47.SH DESCRIPTION
63aa9df0 48The \fBmodf\fP() function breaks the argument \fIx\fP into an integral
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49part and a fractional part, each of which has the same sign as \fIx\fP.
50The integral part is stored in \fIiptr\fP.
51.SH "RETURN VALUE"
63aa9df0 52The \fBmodf\fP() function returns the fractional part of \fIx\fP.
fea681da 53.SH "CONFORMING TO"
b14d4aa5 54SVID 3, POSIX, 4.3BSD, ISO 9899.
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55The float and the long double variants are C99 requirements.
56.SH "SEE ALSO"
57.BR frexp (3),
58.BR ldexp (3)