floor(), floorf(), floorl()

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Round down a value to the next integer

Synopsis:

#include <math.h>

double floor( double x );

float floorf( float x );

long double floorl(long double x);

Arguments:

x
The value you want to round.

Library:

libm
The general-purpose math library.
libm-sve
A library that optimizes the code for ARMv8.2 chips that have Scalable Vector Extension hardware.

Your system requirements will determine how you should work with these libraries:

  • If you want only selected processes to run with the SVE version, you can include both libraries in your OS image and use the -l m or -l m-sve option to qcc to link explicitly against the appropriate one.
  • If you want all processes to use the SVE version, include libm-sve.so in your OS image and set up a symbolic link from libm.so to libm-sve.so. Use the -l m option to qcc to link against the library.
Note:
Compile your program with the -fno-builtin option to prevent the compiler from using a built-in version of the function.

Description:

The floor(), floorf(), and floorl() functions compute the largest integer less than or equal to x (rounding towards the floor).

To check for error situations, use feclearexcept() and fetestexcept(). For example:

  • Call feclearexcept(FE_ALL_EXCEPT) before calling floor(), floorf(), or floorl().
  • On return, if fetestexcept(FE_ALL_EXCEPT) is nonzero, then an error has occurred.

Returns:

The largest integer less than or equal to x.

If x is: These functions return: Errors:
±0.0 x
±Inf x
NaN NaN

These functions raise FE_INEXACT if the FPU reports that the result can't be exactly represented as a floating-point number.

Examples:

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

int main( void )
{
    printf( "%f\n", floor( -3.14 ) );
    printf( "%f\n", floor( -3. ) );
    printf( "%f\n", floor( 0. ) );
    printf( "%f\n", floor( 3.14 ) );
    printf( "%f\n", floor( 3. ) );

    return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}

produces the output:

-4.000000
-3.000000
0.000000
3.000000
3.000000

Classification:

C11, POSIX 1003.1

Safety:
Cancellation pointNo
Signal handlerYes
ThreadYes
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