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floor

Defined in header <math.h>
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float       floorf( float arg );
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double      floor( double arg );
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long double floorl( long double arg );
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Defined in header <tgmath.h>
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#define floor( arg )
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1-3) Computes the largest integer value not greater than arg.
4) Type-generic macro: If arg has type long double, floorl is called. Otherwise, if arg has integer type or the type double, floor is called. Otherwise, floorf is called.

Parameters

arg - floating point value

Return value

If no errors occur, the largest integer value not greater than arg, that is ⌊arg⌋, is returned.

Return value
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Argument

Error handling

Errors are reported as specified in math_errhandling.

If the implementation supports IEEE floating-point arithmetic (IEC 60559),

  • The current rounding mode has no effect.
  • If arg is ±∞, it is returned, unmodified
  • If arg is ±0, it is returned, unmodified
  • If arg is NaN, NaN is returned

Notes

FE_INEXACT may be (but isn't required to be) raised when rounding a non-integer finite value.

The largest representable floating-point values are exact integers in all standard floating-point formats, so this function never overflows on its own; however the result may overflow any integer type (including intmax_t), when stored in an integer variable.

Example

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#include <math.h>
#include <stdio.h>
int main(void)
{
    printf("floor(+2.7) = %+.1f\n", floor(2.7));
    printf("floor(-2.7) = %+.1f\n", floor(-2.7));
    printf("floor(-0.0) = %+.1f\n", floor(-0.0));
    printf("floor(-Inf) = %+f\n",   floor(-INFINITY));
}

Possible output:

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floor(+2.7) = +2.0
floor(-2.7) = -3.0
floor(-0.0) = -0.0
floor(-Inf) = -inf

References

  • C11 standard (ISO/IEC 9899:2011):
    • 7.12.9.2 The floor functions (p: 251)
    • 7.25 Type-generic math <tgmath.h> (p: 373-375)
    • F.10.6.2 The floor functions (p: 526)
  • C99 standard (ISO/IEC 9899:1999):
    • 7.12.9.2 The floor functions (p: 232)
    • 7.22 Type-generic math <tgmath.h> (p: 335-337)
    • F.9.6.2 The floor functions (p: 463)
  • C89/C90 standard (ISO/IEC 9899:1990):
    • 4.5.6.3 The floor function

See also

(C99)(C99)
 computes smallest integer not less than the given value
(function)
(C99)(C99)(C99)
 rounds to nearest integer not greater in magnitude than the given value
(function)
(C99)(C99)(C99)
 rounds to nearest integer, rounding away from zero in halfway cases
(function)
C++ documentation for floor
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doc_C_Language
2025-01-10 15:47:30
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