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NAME
       islessgreater — test if x is less than or greater than y


SYNOPSIS
       #include <math.h>

       int islessgreater(real-floating x, real-floating y);


DESCRIPTION
       The  functionality  described  on  this  reference  page is aligned with the ISO C standard. Any conflict
       between the requirements described  here  and  the  ISO C  standard  is  unintentional.  This  volume  of
       POSIX.1‐2017 defers to the ISO C standard.

       The  islessgreater()  macro  shall  determine whether its first argument is less than or greater than its
       second  argument.  The  islessgreater(x,  y)  macro  is  similar  to   (x) < (y) || (x) > (y);   however,
       islessgreater(x,  y) shall not raise the invalid floating-point exception when x and y are unordered (nor
       shall it evaluate x and y twice).


RETURN VALUE
       Upon successful completion, the islessgreater() macro shall return the value of (x) < (y) || (x) > (y).

       If x or y is NaN, 0 shall be returned.


ERRORS
       No errors are defined.

       The following sections are informative.


EXAMPLES
       None.


APPLICATION USAGE
       The relational and equality operators  support  the  usual  mathematical  relationships  between  numeric
       values.  For  any  ordered  pair  of numeric values, exactly one of the relationships (less, greater, and
       equal) is true. Relational operators may raise the invalid floating-point exception when argument  values
       are  NaNs.  For a NaN and a numeric value, or for two NaNs, just the unordered relationship is true. This
       macro is a quiet (non-floating-point exception raising) version of a relational operator. It  facilitates
       writing  efficient code that accounts for NaNs without suffering the invalid floating-point exception. In
       the SYNOPSIS section, real-floating indicates that the argument shall be an expression  of  real-floating
       type.


RATIONALE
       None.


FUTURE DIRECTIONS
       None.


SEE ALSO
       isgreater(), isgreaterequal(), isless(), islessequal(), isunordered()

       The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1‐2017, <math.h>


       Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form from IEEE Std 1003.1-2017, Standard
       for Information  Technology  --  Portable  Operating  System  Interface  (POSIX),  The  Open  Group  Base
       Specifications  Issue  7, 2018 Edition, Copyright (C) 2018 by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics
       Engineers, Inc and The Open Group.  In the event of any discrepancy between this version and the original
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