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p?lasnbt
Computes the position of the sign bit of a floating-point number. (C interface function).
Syntax
void pslasnbt(int *ieflag);
void pdlasnbt(int *ieflag);
Description
The p?lasnbtroutine finds the position of the signbit of a single/double precision floating point number. This routine assumes IEEE arithmetic, and hence, tests only the 32-nd bit (for single precision) or 32-nd and 64-th bits (for double precision) as a possibility for the signbit. sizeof(int) is assumed equal to 4 bytes.
If a compile time flag (NO_IEEE) indicates that the machine does not have IEEE arithmetic, ieflag = 0 is returned.
Output Parameters
- ieflag
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INTEGER.
This flag indicates the position of the signbit of any single/double precision floating point number.
ieflag = 0, if the compile time flag NO_IEEE indicates that the machine does not have IEEE arithmetic, or if sizeof(int) is different from 4 bytes.
ieflag = 1 indicates that the signbit is the 32-nd bit for a single precision routine.
In the case of a double precision routine:
ieflag = 1 indicates that the signbit is the 32-nd bit (Big Endian).
ieflag = 2 indicates that the signbit is the 64-th bit (Little Endian).