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.TH ieee 1 "April 1998" "Scilab Group" "Scilab Function"
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.SH NAME
ieee - set floating point exception mode
.SH CALLING SEQUENCE
.nf
mod=ieee()
ieee(mod)
.fi
.SH PARAMETERS
.TP 4
mod
: integer scalar whose possible values are 0,1,or 2
.SH DESCRIPTION
\fVieee()\fR returns the current floating point exception mode.
.TP 2
0
: floating point exception produce an error
.TP 2
1
: floating point exception produce a warning
.TP 2
2
: floating point exception procudes Inf or Nan
.RE

\fVieee(mod)\fR sets the current floating point exception mode.
.LP
The initial mode value is 0.

.SH REMARKS
Floating point exeception arizing inside some library algorithms
are not yet handled by \fVieee\fR modes.
.SH EXAMPLE
.nf
ieee(1);1/0
ieee(2);1/0,log(0)
.fi
.SH SEE ALSO
errcatch