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feholdexcept
Defined in header <fenv.h> | 
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      (since C99) | 
First, saves the current floating-point environment to the object pointed to by envp (similar to fegetenv), then clears all floating-point status flags, and then installs the non-stop mode: future floating-point exceptions will not interrupt execution (will not trap), until the floating-point environment is restored by feupdateenv or fesetenv.
This function may be used in the beginning of a subroutine that must hide the floating-point exceptions it may raise from the caller. If only some exceptions must be suppressed, while others must be reported, the non-stop mode is usually ended with a call to feupdateenv after clearing the unwanted exceptions.
Parameters
| envp | - | pointer to the object of type fenv_t where the floating-point environment will be stored | 
     
Return value
0 on success, non-zero otherwise.
Example
#include <stdio.h>
#include <fenv.h>
#include <float.h>
 
#pragma STDC FENV_ACCESS ON
 
void show_fe_exceptions(void)
{
    printf("current exceptions raised: ");
    if(fetestexcept(FE_DIVBYZERO))     printf(" FE_DIVBYZERO");
    if(fetestexcept(FE_INEXACT))       printf(" FE_INEXACT");
    if(fetestexcept(FE_INVALID))       printf(" FE_INVALID");
    if(fetestexcept(FE_OVERFLOW))      printf(" FE_OVERFLOW");
    if(fetestexcept(FE_UNDERFLOW))     printf(" FE_UNDERFLOW");
    if(fetestexcept(FE_ALL_EXCEPT)==0) printf(" none");
    printf("\n");
}
 
double x2 (double x)   /* times two */
{
    fenv_t curr_excepts;
 
    /* Save and clear current f-p environment. */
    feholdexcept(&curr_excepts);
 
    /* Raise inexact and overflow exceptions. */
    printf("In x2():  x = %f\n", x=x*2.0);
    show_fe_exceptions();
    feclearexcept(FE_INEXACT);   /* hide inexact exception from caller */
 
    /* Merge caller's exceptions (FE_INVALID)        */
    /* with remaining x2's exceptions (FE_OVERFLOW). */
    feupdateenv(&curr_excepts);
    return x;
}
 
int main(void)
{    
    feclearexcept(FE_ALL_EXCEPT);
    feraiseexcept(FE_INVALID);   /* some computation with invalid argument */
    show_fe_exceptions();
    printf("x2(DBL_MAX) = %f\n", x2(DBL_MAX));
    show_fe_exceptions();
 
    return 0;
}
   Output:
current exceptions raised:  FE_INVALID
In x2():  x = inf
current exceptions raised:  FE_INEXACT FE_OVERFLOW
x2(DBL_MAX) = inf
current exceptions raised:  FE_INVALID FE_OVERFLOW
   References
- C11 standard (ISO/IEC 9899:2011):
 - 7.6.4.2 The feholdexcept function (p: 213-214)
 - C99 standard (ISO/IEC 9899:1999):
 - 7.6.4.2 The feholdexcept function (p: 194-195)
 
See also
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        (C99)
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      restores the floating-point environment and raises the previously raise exceptions  (function)  | 
     
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        (C99)
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      saves or restores the current floating-point environment  (function)  | 
     
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        (C99)
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      default floating-point environment  (macro constant)  | 
     
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