FP_NORMAL, FP_SUBNORMAL, FP_ZERO, FP_INFINITE, FP_NAN

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FP_NORMALFP_SUBNORMALFP_ZEROFP_INFINITEFP_NAN
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Defined in header <cmath>
#define FP_NORMAL    /*implementation defined*/
(since C++11)
#define FP_SUBNORMAL /*implementation defined*/
(since C++11)
#define FP_ZERO      /*implementation defined*/
(since C++11)
#define FP_INFINITE  /*implementation defined*/
(since C++11)
#define FP_NAN       /*implementation defined*/
(since C++11)

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)

[edit] Example

#include <iostream>
#include <cmath>
#include <cfloat>
 
const char* show_classification(double x) {
    switch(std::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()
{
    std::cout << "1.0/0.0 is " << show_classification(1/0.0) << '\n'
              << "0.0/0.0 is " << show_classification(0.0/0.0) << '\n'
              << "DBL_MIN/2 is " << show_classification(DBL_MIN/2) << '\n'
              << "-0.0 is " << show_classification(-0.0) << '\n'
              << "1.0 is " << show_classification(1.0) << '\n';
}

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

[edit] See also

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categorizes the given floating point value
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C documentation for FP_categories