NAG Library Routine Document

x07baf (create_infinity)

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Purpose

x07baf creates a signed infinite value.

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Specification

Fortran Interface
Subroutine x07baf ( isign, x)
Integer, Intent (In):: isign
Real (Kind=nag_wp), Intent (Out):: x
C Header Interface
#include <nagmk26.h>
void  x07baf_ (const Integer *isign, double *x)

3
Description

x07baf sets x to be positive or negative infinity.

4
References

IEEE (2008) Standard for Floating-Point Arithmetic IEEE Standard 754-2008 IEEE, New York.

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Arguments

1:     isign – IntegerInput
On entry: determines the sign of the infinity to be created.
If isign is greater than or equal to 0, a positive infinity is returned, otherwise a negative infinity is returned.
2:     x – Real (Kind=nag_wp)Output
On exit: the required infinite value.

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Error Indicators and Warnings

None.

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Accuracy

Not applicable.

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Parallelism and Performance

x07baf is not threaded in any implementation.

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Further Comments

None.

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Example

See Section 10 in x07aaf.