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Appendix B - Standard Library

The functions, types and macros of the standard library are declared in standard headers:

    <assert.h>  <float.h>   <math.h>    <stdarg.h>  <stdlib.h>
    <ctype.h>   <limits.h>  <setjmp.h>  <stddef.h>  <string.h>
    <errno.h>   <locale.h>  <signal.h>  <stdio.h>   <time.h>
    

  #include <header>

Headers may be included in any order and any number of times. A header must be included outside of any external declaration or definition and before any use of anything it declares. A header need not be a source file.

External identifiers that begin with an underscore are reserved for use by the library, as are all other identifiers that begin with an underscore and an upper-case letter or another underscore.

B.1 Input and Output: <stdio.h>

A stream is a source or destination of data that may be associated with a disk or other peripheral. The library supports text streams and binary streams, although on some systems, notably UNIX, these are identical. A text stream is a sequence of lines; each line has zero or more characters and is terminated by '\n'. An environment may need to convert a text stream to or from some other representation (such as mapping '\n' to carriage return and linefeed). A binary stream is a sequence of unprocessed bytes that record internal data, with the property that if it is written, then read back on the same system, it will compare equal.

A stream is connected to a file or device by opening it; the connection is broken by closing the stream. Opening a file returns a pointer to an object of type FILE, which records whatever information is necessary to control the stream. We will use ``file pointer'' and ``stream'' interchangeably when there is no ambiguity.

When a program begins execution, the three streams stdin, stdout, and stderr are already open.

B.1.1 File Operations

FILE *fopen(const char *filename, const char *mode)

fopen opens the named file, and returns a stream, or NULL if the attempt fails. Legal values for mode include:

"r"	open text file for reading
"w"	create text file for writing; discard previous contents if any
"a"	append; open or create text file for writing at end of file
"r+"	open text file for update (i.e., reading and writing)
"w+"	create text file for update, discard previous contents if any
"a+"	append; open or create text file for update, writing at end

Update mode permits reading and writing the same file; fflush or a file-positioning function must be called between a read and a write or vice versa. If the mode includes b after the initial letter, as in "rb" or "w+b", that indicates a binary file. Filenames are limited to FILENAME_MAX characters. At most FOPEN_MAX files may be open at once.

FILE *freopen(const char *filename, const char *mode, FILE *stream)

freopen opens the file with the specified mode and associates the stream with it. It returns stream, or NULL if an error occurs. freopen is normally used to change the files associated with stdin, stdout, or stderr.

int fflush(FILE *stream)

On an output stream, fflush causes any buffered but unwritten data to be written; on an input stream, the effect is undefined. It returns EOF for a write error, and zero otherwise. fflush(NULL) flushes all output streams.

int fclose(FILE *stream)

fclose flushes any unwritten data for stream, discards any unread buffered input, frees any automatically allocated buffer, then closes the stream. It returns EOF if any errors occurred, and zero otherwise.

int remove(const char *filename)

remove removes the named file, so that a subsequent attempt to open it will fail. It returns non-zero if the attempt fails.

int rename(const char *oldname, const char *newname)

rename changes the name of a file; it returns non-zero if the attempt fails.

FILE *tmpfile(void)

tmpfile creates a temporary file of mode "wb+" that will be automatically removed when closed or when the program terminates normally. tmpfile returns a stream, or NULL if it could not create the file.

char *tmpnam(char s[L_tmpnam])

tmpnam(NULL) creates a string that is not the name of an existing file, and returns a pointer to an internal static array. tmpnam(s) stores the string in s as well as returning it as the function value; s must have room for at least L_tmpnam characters. tmpnam generates a different name each time it is called; at most TMP_MAX different names are guaranteed during execution of the program. Note that tmpnam creates a name, not a file.

int setvbuf(FILE *stream, char *buf, int mode, size_t size)

setvbuf controls buffering for the stream; it must be called before reading, writing or any other operation. A mode of _IOFBF causes full buffering, _IOLBF line buffering of text files, and _IONBF no buffering. If buf is not NULL, it will be used as the buffer, otherwise a buffer will be allocated. size determines the buffer size. setvbuf returns non-zero for any error.

void setbuf(FILE *stream, char *buf)

If buf is NULL, buffering is turned off for the stream. Otherwise, setbuf is equivalent to (void) setvbuf(stream, buf, _IOFBF, BUFSIZ).

B.1.2 Formatted Output

      int fprintf(FILE *stream, const char *format, ...)
      

The format string contains two types of objects: ordinary characters, which are copied to the output stream, and conversion specifications, each of which causes conversion and printing of the next successive argument to fprintf. Each conversion specification begins with the character % and ends with a conversion character. Between the % and the conversion character there may be, in order:

• Flags (in any order), which modify the specification:
  • -, which specifies left adjustment of the converted argument in its field.
  • +, which specifies that the number will always be printed with a sign.
  • space: if the first character is not a sign, a space will be prefixed.
  • 0: for numeric conversions, specifies padding to the field width with leading zeros.
  • #, which specifies an alternate output form. For o, the first digit will become zero. For x or X, 0x or 0X will be prefixed to a non-zero result. For e, E, f, g, and G, the output will always have a decimal point; for g and G, trailing zeros will not be removed.
• A number specifying a minimum field width. The converted argument will be printed in a field at least this wide, and wider if necessary. If the converted argument has fewer characters than the field width it will be padded on the left (or right, if left adjustment has been requested) to make up the field width. The padding character is normally space, but is 0 if the zero padding flag is present.
• A period, which separates the field width from the precision.
• A number, the precision, that specifies the maximum number of characters to be printed from a string, or the number of digits to be printed after the decimal point for e, E, or f conversions, or the number of significant digits for g or G conversion, or the number of digits to be printed for an integer (leading 0s will be added to make up the necessary width).
• A length modifier h, l (letter ell), or L. ``h'' indicates that the corresponding argument is to be printed as a short or unsigned short; ``l'' indicates that the argument is a long or unsigned long, ``L'' indicates that the argument is a long double.

Width or precision or both may be specified as *, in which case the value is computed by converting the next argument(s), which must be int.

The conversion characters and their meanings are shown in Table B.1. If the character after the % is not a conversion character, the behavior is undefined.

Table B.1 Printf Conversions

Character	Argument type; Printed As
d,i	int; signed decimal notation.
o	int; unsigned octal notation (without a leading zero).
x,X	unsigned int; unsigned hexadecimal notation (without a leading 0x or 0X), using abcdef for 0x or ABCDEF for 0X.
u	int; unsigned decimal notation.
c	int; single character, after conversion to unsigned char
s	char *; characters from the string are printed until a '\0' is reached or until the number of characters indicated by the precision have been printed.
f	double; decimal notation of the form [-]mmm.ddd, where the number of d's is given by the precision. The default precision is 6; a precision of 0 suppresses the decimal point.
e,E	double; decimal notation of the form [-]m.dddddde+/-xx or [-]m.ddddddE+/-xx, where the number of d's is specified by the precision. The default precision is 6; a precision of 0 suppresses the decimal point.
g,G	double; %e or %E is used if the exponent is less than -4 or greater than or equal to the precision; otherwise %f is used. Trailing zeros and a trailing decimal point are not printed.
p	void *; print as a pointer (implementation-dependent representation).
n	int *; the number of characters written so far by this call to printf is written into the argument. No argument is converted.
%	no argument is converted; print a %

int printf(const char *format, ...)

printf(...) is equivalent to fprintf(stdout, ...).

int sprintf(char *s, const char *format, ...)

sprintf is the same as printf except that the output is written into the string s, terminated with '\0'. s must be big enough to hold the result. The return count does not include the '\0'.

int vprintf(const char *format, va_list arg)
int vfprintf(FILE *stream, const char *format, va_list arg)
int vsprintf(char *s, const char *format, va_list arg)

The functions vprintf, vfprintf, and vsprintf are equivalent to the corresponding printf functions, except that the variable argument list is replaced by arg, which has been initialized by the va_start macro and perhaps va_arg calls. See the discussion of <stdarg.h> in Section B.7.

B.1.3 Formatted Input

         int fscanf(FILE *stream, const char *format, ...)
         

The format string usually contains conversion specifications, which are used to direct interpretation of input. The format string may contain:

• Blanks or tabs, which are not ignored.
• Ordinary characters (not %), which are expected to match the next non-white space character of the input stream.
• Conversion specifications, consisting of a %, an optional assignment suppression character *, an optional number specifying a maximum field width, an optional h, l, or L indicating the width of the target, and a conversion character.

The conversion character indicates the interpretation of the input field. The corresponding argument must be a pointer. The legal conversion characters are shown in Table B.2.

The conversion characters d, i, n, o, u, and x may be preceded by h if the argument is a pointer to short rather than int, or by l (letter ell) if the argument is a pointer to long. The conversion characters e, f, and g may be preceded by l if a pointer to double rather than float is in the argument list, and by L if a pointer to a long double.

Table B.2 Scanf Conversions

Character	Input Data; Argument type
d	decimal integer; int*
i	integer; int*. The integer may be in octal (leading 0) or hexadecimal (leading 0x or 0X).
o	octal integer (with or without leading zero); int *.
u	unsigned decimal integer; unsigned int *.
x	hexadecimal integer (with or without leading 0x or 0X); int*.
c	characters; char*. The next input characters are placed in the indicated array, up to the number given by the width field; the default is 1. No '\0' is added. The normal skip over white space characters is suppressed in this case; to read the next non-white space character, use %1s.
s	string of non-white space characters (not quoted); char *, pointing to an array of characters large enough to hold the string and a terminating '\0' that will be added.
e,f,g	floating-point number; float *. The input format for float's is an optional sign, a string of numbers possibly containing a decimal point, and an optional exponent field containing an E or e followed by a possibly signed integer.
p	pointer value as printed by printf("%p");, void *.
n	writes into the argument the number of characters read so far by this call; int *. No input is read. The converted item count is not incremented.
[...]	matches the longest non-empty string of input characters from the set between brackets; char *. A '\0' is added. []...] includes ] in the set.
[^...]	matches the longest non-empty string of input characters not from the set between brackets; char *. A '\0' is added. [^]...] includes ] in the set.
%	literal %; no assignment is made.

int scanf(const char *format, ...)

scanf(...) is identical to fscanf(stdin, ...).

int sscanf(const char *s, const char *format, ...)

sscanf(s, ...) is equivalent to scanf(...) except that the input characters are taken from the string s.

B.1.4 Character Input and Output Functions

int fgetc(FILE *stream)

fgetc returns the next character of stream as an unsigned char (converted to an int), or EOF if end of file or error occurs.

char *fgets(char *s, int n, FILE *stream)

fgets reads at most the next n-1 characters into the array s, stopping if a newline is encountered; the newline is included in the array, which is terminated by '\0'. fgets returns s, or NULL if end of file or error occurs.

int fputc(int c, FILE *stream)

fputc writes the character c (converted to an unsigend char) on stream. It returns the character written, or EOF for error.

int fputs(const char *s, FILE *stream)

fputs writes the string s (which need not contain \n) on stream; it returns non-negative, or EOF for an error.

int getc(FILE *stream)

getc is equivalent to fgetc except that if it is a macro, it may evaluate stream more than once.

int getchar(void)

getchar is equivalent to getc(stdin).

char *gets(char *s)

gets reads the next input line into the array s; it replaces the terminating newline with '\0'. It returns s, or NULL if end of file or error occurs.

int putc(int c, FILE *stream)

putc is equivalent to fputc except that if it is a macro, it may evaluate stream more than once.

int putchar(int c)

putchar(c) is equivalent to putc(c,stdout).

int puts(const char *s)

puts writes the string s and a newline to stdout. It returns EOF if an error occurs, non-negative otherwise.

int ungetc(int c, FILE *stream)

ungetc pushes c (converted to an unsigned char) back onto stream, where it will be returned on the next read. Only one character of pushback per stream is guaranteed. EOF may not be pushed back. ungetc returns the character pushed back, or EOF for error.

B.1.5 Direct Input and Output Functions

size_t fread(void *ptr, size_t size, size_t nobj, FILE *stream)

fread reads from stream into the array ptr at most nobj objects of size size. fread returns the number of objects read; this may be less than the number requested. feof and ferror must be used to determine status.

size_t fwrite(const void *ptr, size_t size, size_t nobj, FILE *stream)

fwrite writes, from the array ptr, nobj objects of size size on stream. It returns the number of objects written, which is less than nobj on error.

B.1.6 File Positioning Functions

int fseek(FILE *stream, long offset, int origin)

fseek sets the file position for stream; a subsequent read or write will access data beginning at the new position. For a binary file, the position is set to offset characters from origin, which may be SEEK_SET (beginning), SEEK_CUR (current position), or SEEK_END (end of file). For a text stream, offset must be zero, or a value returned by ftell (in which case origin must be SEEK_SET). fseek returns non-zero on error.

long ftell(FILE *stream)

ftell returns the current file position for stream, or -1 on error.

void rewind(FILE *stream)

rewind(fp) is equivalent to fseek(fp, 0L, SEEK_SET); clearerr(fp).

int fgetpos(FILE *stream, fpos_t *ptr)

fgetpos records the current position in stream in *ptr, for subsequent use by fsetpos. The type fpos_t is suitable for recording such values. fgetpos returns non-zero on error.

int fsetpos(FILE *stream, const fpos_t *ptr)

fsetpos positions stream at the position recorded by fgetpos in *ptr. fsetpos returns non-zero on error.

B.1.7 Error Functions

void clearerr(FILE *stream)

clearerr clears the end of file and error indicators for stream.

int feof(FILE *stream)

feof returns non-zero if the end of file indicator for stream is set.

int ferror(FILE *stream)

ferror returns non-zero if the error indicator for stream is set.

void perror(const char *s)

perror(s) prints s and an implementation-defined error message corresponding to the integer in errno, as if by

    fprintf(stderr, "%s: %s\n", s, "error message");

See strerror in Section B.3.

B.2 Character Class Tests: <ctype.h>

isalnum(c)	isalpha(c) or isdigit(c) is true
isalpha(c)	isupper(c) or islower(c) is true
iscntrl(c)	control character
isdigit(c)	decimal digit
isgraph(c)	printing character except space
islower(c)	lower-case letter
isprint(c)	printing character including space
ispunct(c)	printing character except space or letter or digit
isspace(c)	space, formfeed, newline, carriage return, tab, vertical tab
isupper(c)	upper-case letter
isxdigit(c)	hexadecimal digit

In the seven-bit ASCII character set, the printing characters are 0x20 (' ') to 0x7E ('-'); the control characters are 0 NUL to 0x1F (US), and 0x7F (DEL).

In addition, there are two functions that convert the case of letters:

int tolower(c)	convert c to lower case
int toupper(c)	convert c to upper case

If c is an upper-case letter, tolower(c) returns the corresponding lower-case letter, toupper(c) returns the corresponding upper-case letter; otherwise it returns c.

B.3 String Functions: <string.h>

In the following table, variables s and t are of type char *; cs and ct are of type const char *; n is of type size_t; and c is an int converted to char.

char *strcpy(s,ct)	copy string ct to string s, including '\0'; return s.
char *strncpy(s,ct,n)	copy at most n characters of string ct to s; return s. Pad with '\0''s if ct has fewer than n characters.
char *strcat(s,ct)	concatenate string ct to end of string s; return s.
char *strncat(s,ct,n)	concatenate at most n characters of string ct to string s, terminate s with '\0'; return s.
int strcmp(cs,ct)	compare string cs to string ct, return <0 if cs<ct, 0 if cs==ct, or >0 if cs>ct.
int strncmp(cs,ct,n)	compare at most n characters of string cs to string ct; return <0 if cs<ct, 0 if cs==ct, or >0 if cs>ct.
char *strchr(cs,c)	return pointer to first occurrence of c in cs or NULL if not present.
char *strrchr(cs,c)	return pointer to last occurrence of c in cs or NULL if not present.
size_t strspn(cs,ct)	return length of prefix of cs consisting of characters in ct.
size_t strcspn(cs,ct)	return length of prefix of cs consisting of characters not in ct.
char *strpbrk(cs,ct)	return pointer to first occurrence in string cs of any character string ct, or NULL if not present.
char *strstr(cs,ct)	return pointer to first occurrence of string ct in cs, or NULL if not present.
size_t strlen(cs)	return length of cs.
char *strerror(n)	return pointer to implementation-defined string corresponding to error n.
char *strtok(s,ct)	strtok searches s for tokens delimited by characters from ct; see below.

A sequence of calls of strtok(s,ct) splits s into tokens, each delimited by a character from ct. The first call in a sequence has a non-NULL s, it finds the first token in s consisting of characters not in ct; it terminates that by overwriting the next character of s with '\0' and returns a pointer to the token. Each subsequent call, indicated by a NULL value of s, returns the next such token, searching from just past the end of the previous one. strtok returns NULL when no further token is found. The string ct may be different on each call.

The mem... functions are meant for manipulating objects as character arrays; the intent is an interface to efficient routines. In the following table, s and t are of type void *; cs and ct are of type const void *; n is of type size_t; and c is an int converted to an unsigned char.

void *memcpy(s,ct,n)	copy n characters from ct to s, and return s.
void *memmove(s,ct,n)	same as memcpy except that it works even if the objects overlap.
int memcmp(cs,ct,n)	compare the first n characters of cs with ct; return as with strcmp.
void *memchr(cs,c,n)	return pointer to first occurrence of character c in cs, or NULL if not present among the first n characters.
void *memset(s,c,n)	place character c into first n characters of s, return s.

B.4 Mathematical Functions: <math.h>

The macros EDOM and ERANGE (found in <errno.h>) are non-zero integral constants that are used to signal domain and range errors for the functions; HUGE_VAL is a positive double value. A domain error occurs if an argument is outside the domain over which the function is defined. On a domain error, errno is set to EDOM; the return value is implementation-defined. A range error occurs if the result of the function cannot be represented as a double. If the result overflows, the function returns HUGE_VAL with the right sign, and errno is set to ERANGE. If the result underflows, the function returns zero; whether errno is set to ERANGE is implementation-defined.

In the following table, x and y are of type double, n is an int, and all functions return double. Angles for trigonometric functions are expressed in radians.

sin(x)	sine of x
cos(x)	cosine of x
tan(x)	tangent of x
asin(x)	sin-1(x) in range [-pi/2,pi/2], x in [-1,1].
acos(x)	cos-1(x) in range [0,pi], x in [-1,1].
atan(x)	tan-1(x) in range [-pi/2,pi/2].
atan2(y,x)	tan-1(y/x) in range [-pi,pi].
sinh(x)	hyperbolic sine of x
cosh(x)	hyperbolic cosine of x
tanh(x)	hyperbolic tangent of x
exp(x)	exponential function ex
log(x)	natural logarithm ln(x), x>0.
log10(x)	base 10 logarithm log10(x), x>0.
pow(x,y)	xy. A domain error occurs if x=0 and y<=0, or if x<0 and y is not an integer.
sqrt(x)	sqare root of x, x>=0.
ceil(x)	smallest integer not less than x, as a double.
floor(x)	largest integer not greater than x, as a double.
fabs(x)	absolute value |x|
ldexp(x,n)	x*2n
frexp(x, int *ip)	splits x into a normalized fraction in the interval [1/2,1) which is returned, and a power of 2, which is stored in *exp. If x is zero, both parts of the result are zero.
modf(x, double *ip)	splits x into integral and fractional parts, each with the same sign as x. It stores the integral part in *ip, and returns the fractional part.
fmod(x,y)	floating-point remainder of x/y, with the same sign as x. If y is zero, the result is implementation-defined.

B.5 Utility Functions: <stdlib.h>

double atof(const char *s)

atof converts s to double; it is equivalent to strtod(s, (char**)NULL).

int atoi(const char *s)

converts s to int; it is equivalent to (int)strtol(s, (char**)NULL, 10).

long atol(const char *s)

converts s to long; it is equivalent to strtol(s, (char**)NULL, 10).

double strtod(const char *s, char **endp)

strtod converts the prefix of s to double, ignoring leading white space; it stores a pointer to any unconverted suffix in *endp unless endp is NULL. If the answer would overflow, HUGE_VAL is returned with the proper sign; if the answer would underflow, zero is returned. In either case errno is set to ERANGE.

long strtol(const char *s, char **endp, int base)

strtol converts the prefix of s to long, ignoring leading white space; it stores a pointer to any unconverted suffix in *endp unless endp is NULL. If base is between 2 and 36, conversion is done assuming that the input is written in that base. If base is zero, the base is 8, 10, or 16; leading 0 implies octal and leading 0x or 0X hexadecimal. Letters in either case represent digits from 10 to base-1; a leading 0x or 0X is permitted in base 16. If the answer would overflow, LONG_MAX or LONG_MIN is returned, depending on the sign of the result, and errno is set to ERANGE.

unsigned long strtoul(const char *s, char **endp, int base)

strtoul is the same as strtol except that the result is unsigned long and the error value is ULONG_MAX.

int rand(void)

rand returns a pseudo-random integer in the range 0 to RAND_MAX, which is at least 32767.

void srand(unsigned int seed)

srand uses seed as the seed for a new sequence of pseudo-random numbers. The initial seed is 1.

void *calloc(size_t nobj, size_t size)

calloc returns a pointer to space for an array of nobj objects, each of size size, or NULL if the request cannot be satisfied. The space is initialized to zero bytes.

void *malloc(size_t size)

malloc returns a pointer to space for an object of size size, or NULL if the request cannot be satisfied. The space is uninitialized.

void *realloc(void *p, size_t size)

realloc changes the size of the object pointed to by p to size. The contents will be unchanged up to the minimum of the old and new sizes. If the new size is larger, the new space is uninitialized. realloc returns a pointer to the new space, or NULL if the request cannot be satisfied, in which case *p is unchanged.

void free(void *p)

free deallocates the space pointed to by p; it does nothing if p is NULL. p must be a pointer to space previously allocated by calloc, malloc, or realloc.

void abort(void)

abort causes the program to terminate abnormally, as if by raise(SIGABRT).

void exit(int status)

exit causes normal program termination. atexit functions are called in reverse order of registration, open files are flushed, open streams are closed, and control is returned to the environment. How status is returned to the environment is implementation-dependent, but zero is taken as successful termination. The values EXIT_SUCCESS and EXIT_FAILURE may also be used.

int atexit(void (*fcn)(void))

atexit registers the function fcn to be called when the program terminates normally; it returns non-zero if the registration cannot be made.

int system(const char *s)

system passes the string s to the environment for execution. If s is NULL, system returns non-zero if there is a command processor. If s is not NULL, the return value is implementation-dependent.

char *getenv(const char *name)

getenv returns the environment string associated with name, or NULL if no string exists. Details are implementation-dependent.

                                                                void *bsearch(const void *key, const void *base,
                                                                size_t n, size_t size,
                                                                int (*cmp)(const void *keyval, const void *datum))
                                                                

bsearch searches base[0]...base[n-1] for an item that matches *key. The function cmp must return negative if its first argument (the search key) is less than its second (a table entry), zero if equal, and positive if greater. Items in the array base must be in ascending order. bsearch returns a pointer to a matching item, or NULL if none exists.

                                                                    void qsort(void *base, size_t n, size_t size,
                                                                    int (*cmp)(const void *, const void *))
                                                                    

qsort sorts into ascending order an array base[0]...base[n-1] of objects of size size. The comparison function cmp is as in bsearch.

int abs(int n)

abs returns the absolute value of its int argument.

long labs(long n)

labs returns the absolute value of its long argument.

div_t div(int num, int denom)

div computes the quotient and remainder of num/denom. The results are stored in the int members quot and rem of a structure of type div_t.

ldiv_t ldiv(long num, long denom)

ldiv computes the quotient and remainder of num/denom. The results are stored in the long members quot and rem of a structure of type ldiv_t.

B.6 Diagnostics: <assert.h>

  void assert(int expression)

If expression is zero when

  assert(expression)

is executed, the assert macro will print on stderr a message, such as

  Assertion failed: expression, file filename, line nnn

It then calls abort to terminate execution. The source filename and line number come from the preprocessor macros __FILE__ and __LINE__.

If NDEBUG is defined at the time <assert.h> is included, the assert macro is ignored.

B.7 Variable Argument Lists: <stdarg.h>

Suppose lastarg is the last named parameter of a function f with a variable number of arguments. Then declare within f a variable of type va_list that will point to each argument in turn:

                            va_list ap;
                            

  va_start(va_list ap, lastarg);

Thereafter, each execution of the macro va_arg will produce a value that has the type and value of the next unnamed argument, and will also modify ap so the next use of va_arg returns the next argument:

  type va_arg(va_list ap, type);

The macro

                             void va_end(va_list ap);
                             

B.8 Non-local Jumps: <setjmp.h>

int setjmp(jmp_buf env)

The macro setjmp saves state information in env for use by longjmp. The return is zero from a direct call of setjmp, and non-zero from a subsequent call of longjmp. A call to setjmp can only occur in certain contexts, basically the test of if, switch, and loops, and only in simple relational expressions.

                              if (setjmp(env) == 0)
                              /* get here on direct call */
                              else
                              /* get here by calling longjmp */
                              

void longjmp(jmp_buf env, int val)

longjmp restores the state saved by the most recent call to setjmp, using the information saved in env, and execution resumes as if the setjmp function had just executed and returned the non-zero value val. The function containing the setjmp must not have terminated. Accessible objects have the values they had at the time longjmp was called, except that non-volatile automatic variables in the function calling setjmp become undefined if they were changed after the setjmp call.

B.9 Signals: <signal.h>

                              void (*signal(int sig, void (*handler)(int)))(int)
                              

SIGABRT	abnormal termination, e.g., from abort
SIGFPE	arithmetic error, e.g., zero divide or overflow
SIGILL	illegal function image, e.g., illegal instruction
SIGINT	interactive attention, e.g., interrupt
SIGSEGV	illegal storage access, e.g., access outside memory limits
SIGTERM	termination request sent to this program

signal returns the previous value of handler for the specific signal, or SIG_ERR if an error occurs.

When a signal sig subsequently occurs, the signal is restored to its default behavior; then the signal-handler function is called, as if by (*handler)(sig). If the handler returns, execution will resume where it was when the signal occurred.

The initial state of signals is implementation-defined.

                                 int raise(int sig)
                                 

B.10 Date and Time Functions: <time.h>

int tm_sec;	seconds after the minute (0,61)
int tm_min;	minutes after the hour (0,59)
int tm_hour;	hours since midnight (0,23)
int tm_mday;	day of the month (1,31)
int tm_mon;	months since January (0,11)
int tm_year;	years since 1900
int tm_wday;	days since Sunday (0,6)
int tm_yday;	days since January 1 (0,365)
int tm_isdst;	Daylight Saving Time flag

tm_isdst is positive if Daylight Saving Time is in effect, zero if not, and negative if the information is not available.

clock_t clock(void)

clock returns the processor time used by the program since the beginning of execution, or -1 if unavailable. clock()/CLK_PER_SEC is a time in seconds.

time_t time(time_t *tp)

time returns the current calendar time or -1 if the time is not available. If tp is not NULL, the return value is also assigned to *tp.

double difftime(time_t time2, time_t time1)

difftime returns time2-time1 expressed in seconds.

time_t mktime(struct tm *tp)

mktime converts the local time in the structure *tp into calendar time in the same representation used by time. The components will have values in the ranges shown. mktime returns the calendar time or -1 if it cannot be represented.

char *asctime(const struct tm *tp)

asctime*tp into a string of the form

                                       Sun Jan  3 15:14:13 1988\n\0
                                       

char *ctime(const time_t *tp)

ctime converts the calendar time *tp to local time; it is equivalent to

                                         asctime(localtime(tp)) 
                                         

struct tm *gmtime(const time_t *tp)

gmtime converts the calendar time *tp into Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). It returns NULL if UTC is not available. The name gmtime has historical significance.

struct tm *localtime(const time_t *tp)

localtime converts the calendar time *tp into local time.

size_t strftime(char *s, size_t smax, const char *fmt, const struct tm *tp)

strftime formats date and time information from *tp into s according to fmt, which is analogous to a printf format. Ordinary characters (including the terminating '\0') are copied into s. Each %c is replaced as described below, using values appropriate for the local environment. No more than smax characters are placed into s. strftime returns the number of characters, excluding the '\0', or zero if more than smax characters were produced.

%a	abbreviated weekday name.
%A	full weekday name.
%b	abbreviated month name.
%B	full month name.
%c	local date and time representation.
%d	day of the month (01-31).
%H	hour (24-hour clock) (00-23).
%I	hour (12-hour clock) (01-12).
%j	day of the year (001-366).
%m	month (01-12).
%M	minute (00-59).
%p	local equivalent of AM or PM.
%S	second (00-61).
%U	week number of the year (Sunday as 1st day of week) (00-53).
%w	weekday (0-6, Sunday is 0).
%W	week number of the year (Monday as 1st day of week) (00-53).
%x	local date representation.
%X	local time representation.
%y	year without century (00-99).
%Y	year with century.
%Z	time zone name, if any.
%%	%

B.11 Implementation-defined Limits: <limits.h> and <float.h>

CHAR_BIT	8	bits in a char
CHAR_MAX	UCHAR_MAX or SCHAR_MAX	maximum value of char
CHAR_MIN	0 or SCHAR_MIN	maximum value of char
INT_MAX	32767	maximum value of int
INT_MIN	-32767	minimum value of int
LONG_MAX	2147483647	maximum value of long
LONG_MIN	-2147483647	minimum value of long
SCHAR_MAX	+127	maximum value of signed char
SCHAR_MIN	-127	minimum value of signed char
SHRT_MAX	+32767	maximum value of short
SHRT_MIN	-32767	minimum value of short
UCHAR_MAX	255	maximum value of unsigned char
UINT_MAX	65535	maximum value of unsigned int
ULONG_MAX	4294967295	maximum value of unsigned long
USHRT_MAX	65535	maximum value of unsigned short

The names in the table below, a subset of <float.h>, are constants related to floating-point arithmetic. When a value is given, it represents the minimum magnitude for the corresponding quantity. Each implementation defines appropriate values.

FLT_RADIX	2	radix of exponent, representation, e.g., 2, 16
FLT_ROUNDS		floating-point rounding mode for addition
FLT_DIG	6	decimal digits of precision
FLT_EPSILON	1E-5	smallest number x such that 1.0+x != 1.0
FLT_MANT_DIG		number of base FLT_RADIX in mantissa
FLT_MAX	1E+37	maximum floating-point number
FLT_MAX_EXP		maximum n such that FLT_RADIXn-1 is representable
FLT_MIN	1E-37	minimum normalized floating-point number
FLT_MIN_EXP		minimum n such that 10n is a normalized number
DBL_DIG	10	decimal digits of precision
DBL_EPSILON	1E-9	smallest number x such that 1.0+x != 1.0
DBL_MANT_DIG		number of base FLT_RADIX in mantissa
DBL_MAX	1E+37	maximum double floating-point number
DBL_MAX_EXP		maximum n such that FLT_RADIXn-1 is representable
DBL_MIN	1E-37	minimum normalized double floating-point number
DBL_MIN_EXP		minimum n such that 10n is a normalized number

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