NAME

       feclearexcept - clear floating-point exception

SYNOPSIS

       #include <fenv.h>

       int feclearexcept(int excepts);

DESCRIPTION

       The   feclearexcept()  function  shall  attempt  to  clear  the  supported  floating-point
       exceptions represented by excepts.

RETURN VALUE

       If the argument is zero or if all the  specified  exceptions  were  successfully  cleared,
       feclearexcept() shall return zero.  Otherwise, it shall return a non-zero value.

ERRORS

       No errors are defined.

       The following sections are informative.

EXAMPLES

       None.

APPLICATION USAGE

       None.

RATIONALE

       None.

FUTURE DIRECTIONS

       None.

SEE ALSO

       fegetexceptflag()  ,  feraiseexcept()  ,  fesetexceptflag()  ,  fetestexcept()  , the Base
       Definitions volume of IEEE Std 1003.1-2001, <fenv.h>

COPYRIGHT

       Portions of this text are reprinted and  reproduced  in  electronic  form  from  IEEE  Std
       1003.1,  2003  Edition,  Standard  for Information Technology -- Portable Operating System
       Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 6, Copyright (C) 2001-2003  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 IEEE  and  The  Open  Group
       Standard,  the  original  IEEE  and  The  Open Group Standard is the referee document. The
       original Standard can be obtained online at http://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html .