# GNU MPFR 4.1.0

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# GNU MPFR

This manual documents how to install and use the Multiple Precision Floating-Point Reliable Library, version 4.1.0.

Copyright 1991, 1993-2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, with no Front-Cover Texts, and with no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in GNU Free Documentation License.

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## MPFR Copying Conditions

The GNU MPFR library (or MPFR for short) is free; this means that everyone is free to use it and free to redistribute it on a free basis. The library is not in the public domain; it is copyrighted and there are restrictions on its distribution, but these restrictions are designed to permit everything that a good cooperating citizen would want to do. What is not allowed is to try to prevent others from further sharing any version of this library that they might get from you.

Specifically, we want to make sure that you have the right to give away copies of the library, that you receive source code or else can get it if you want it, that you can change this library or use pieces of it in new free programs, and that you know you can do these things.

To make sure that everyone has such rights, we have to forbid you to deprive anyone else of these rights. For example, if you distribute copies of the GNU MPFR library, you must give the recipients all the rights that you have. You must make sure that they, too, receive or can get the source code. And you must tell them their rights.

Also, for our own protection, we must make certain that everyone finds out that there is no warranty for the GNU MPFR library. If it is modified by someone else and passed on, we want their recipients to know that what they have is not what we distributed, so that any problems introduced by others will not reflect on our reputation.

The precise conditions of the license for the GNU MPFR library are found in the Lesser General Public License that accompanies the source code. See the file COPYING.LESSER.

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## 1 Introduction to MPFR

MPFR is a portable library written in C for arbitrary precision arithmetic on floating-point numbers. It is based on the GNU MP library. It aims to provide a class of floating-point numbers with precise semantics. The main characteristics of MPFR, which make it differ from most arbitrary precision floating-point software tools, are:

- the MPFR code is portable, i.e., the result of any operation does not depend on the machine word size `mp_bits_per_limb` (64 on most current processors), possibly except in faithful rounding. It does not depend either on the machine rounding mode or rounding precision;
- the precision in bits can be set exactly to any valid value for each variable (including very small precision);
- MPFR provides the four rounding modes from the IEEE 754-1985 standard, plus away-from-zero, as well as for basic operations as for other mathematical functions. Faithful rounding (partially supported) is provided too, but the results may no longer be reproducible.

In particular, with a precision of 53 bits and in any of the four standard rounding modes, MPFR is able to exactly reproduce all computations with double-precision machine floating-point numbers (e.g., `double` type in C, with a C implementation that rigorously follows Annex F of the ISO C99 standard and `FP_CONTRACT` pragma set to `OFF`) on the four arithmetic operations and the square root, except the default exponent range is much wider and subnormal numbers are not implemented (but can be emulated).

This version of MPFR is released under the GNU Lesser General Public License, version 3 or any later version. It is permitted to link MPFR to most non-free programs, as long as when distributing them the MPFR source code and a means to re-link with a modified MPFR library is provided.

### 1.1 How to Use This Manual

Everyone should read MPFR Basics. If you need to install the library yourself, you need to read Installing MPFR, too. To use the library you will need to refer to MPFR Interface.

The rest of the manual can be used for later reference, although it is probably a good idea to glance through it.

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## 2 Installing MPFR

The MPFR library is already installed on some GNU/Linux distributions, but the development files necessary to the compilation such as `mpfr.h` are not always present. To check that MPFR is fully installed on your computer, you can check the presence of the file `mpfr.h` in `/usr/include`, or try to compile a small program having `#include <mpfr.h>` (since `mpfr.h` may be installed somewhere else). For instance, you can try to compile:

    #include <stdio.h>
    #include <mpfr.h>
    int main (void)
    {
      printf ("MPFR library: %-12s\nMPFR header:  %s (based on %d.%d.%d)\n",
              mpfr_get_version (), MPFR_VERSION_STRING, MPFR_VERSION_MAJOR,
              MPFR_VERSION_MINOR, MPFR_VERSION_PATCHLEVEL);
      return 0;
    }

with

    cc -o version version.c -lmpfr -lgmp

and if you get errors whose first line looks like

    version.c:2:19: error: mpfr.h: No such file or directory

then MPFR is probably not installed. Running this program will give you the MPFR version.

If MPFR is not installed on your computer, or if you want to install a different version, please follow the steps below.

### 2.1 How to Install

Here are the steps needed to install the library on Unix systems (more details are provided in the `INSTALL` file):

1. To build MPFR, you first have to install GNU MP (version 5.0.0 or higher) on your computer. You need a C compiler, preferably GCC, but any reasonable compiler should work. And you need the standard Unix ‘`make`’ command, plus some other standard Unix utility commands.

   Then, in the MPFR build directory, type the following commands.

2. ‘`./configure`’

   This will prepare the build and setup the options according to your system. You can give options to specify the install directories (instead of the default `/usr/local`), threading support, and so on. See the `INSTALL` file and/or the output of ‘`./configure --help`’ for more information, in particular if you get error messages.

3. ‘`make`’

   This will compile MPFR, and create a library archive file `libmpfr.a`. On most platforms, a dynamic library will be produced too.

4. ‘`make check`’

   This will make sure that MPFR was built correctly. If any test fails, information about this failure can be found in the `tests/test-suite.log` file. If you want the contents of this file to be automatically output in case of failure, you can set the ‘`VERBOSE`’ environment variable to 1 before running ‘`make check`’, for instance by typing:

   ‘`VERBOSE=1 make check`’

   In case of failure, you may want to check whether the problem is already known. If not, please report this failure to the MPFR mailing-list ‘`mpfr@inria.fr`’. For details, see Reporting Bugs.

5. ‘`make install`’

   This will copy the files `mpfr.h` and `mpf2mpfr.h` to the directory `/usr/local/include`, the library files (`libmpfr.a` and possibly others) to the directory `/usr/local/lib`, the file `mpfr.info` to the directory `/usr/local/share/info`, and some other documentation files to the directory `/usr/local/share/doc/mpfr` (or if you passed the ‘`--prefix`’ option to `configure`, using the prefix directory given as argument to ‘`--prefix`’ instead of `/usr/local`).

### 2.2 Other ‘make’ Targets

There are some other useful make targets:

- ‘`mpfr.info`’ or ‘`info`’

  Create or update an info version of the manual, in `mpfr.info`.

  This file is already provided in the MPFR archives.

- ‘`mpfr.pdf`’ or ‘`pdf`’

  Create a PDF version of the manual, in `mpfr.pdf`.

- ‘`mpfr.dvi`’ or ‘`dvi`’

  Create a DVI version of the manual, in `mpfr.dvi`.

- ‘`mpfr.ps`’ or ‘`ps`’

  Create a Postscript version of the manual, in `mpfr.ps`.

- ‘`mpfr.html`’ or ‘`html`’

  Create a HTML version of the manual, in several pages in the directory `doc/mpfr.html`; if you want only one output HTML file, then type ‘`makeinfo --html --no-split mpfr.texi`’ from the ‘`doc`’ directory instead.

- ‘`clean`’

  Delete all object files and archive files, but not the configuration files.

- ‘`distclean`’

  Delete all generated files not included in the distribution.

- ‘`uninstall`’

  Delete all files copied by ‘`make install`’.

### 2.3 Build Problems

In case of problem, please read the `INSTALL` file carefully before reporting a bug, in particular section “In case of problem”. Some problems are due to bad configuration on the user side (not specific to MPFR). Problems are also mentioned in the FAQ https://www.mpfr.org/faq.html.

Please report problems to the MPFR mailing-list ‘`mpfr@inria.fr`’. See Reporting Bugs. Some bug fixes are available on the MPFR 4.1.0 web page https://www.mpfr.org/mpfr-4.1.0/.

### 2.4 Getting the Latest Version of MPFR

The latest version of MPFR is available from https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/mpfr/ or https://www.mpfr.org/.

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## 3 Reporting Bugs

If you think you have found a bug in the MPFR library, first have a look on the MPFR 4.1.0 web page https://www.mpfr.org/mpfr-4.1.0/ and the FAQ https://www.mpfr.org/faq.html: perhaps this bug is already known, in which case you may find there a workaround for it. You might also look in the archives of the MPFR mailing-list: https://sympa.inria.fr/sympa/arc/mpfr. Otherwise, please investigate and report it. We have made this library available to you, and it is not to ask too much from you, to ask you to report the bugs that you find.

There are a few things you should think about when you put your bug report together.

You have to send us a test case that makes it possible for us to reproduce the bug, i.e., a small self-content program, using no other library than MPFR. Include instructions on how to run the test case.

You also have to explain what is wrong; if you get a crash, or if the results you get are incorrect and in that case, in what way.

Please include compiler version information in your bug report. This can be extracted using ‘`cc -V`’ on some machines, or, if you are using GCC, ‘`gcc -v`’. Also, include the output from ‘`uname -a`’ and the MPFR version (the GMP version may be useful too). If you get a failure while running ‘`make`’ or ‘`make check`’, please include the `config.log` file in your bug report, and in case of test failure, the `tests/test-suite.log` file too.

If your bug report is good, we will do our best to help you to get a corrected version of the library; if the bug report is poor, we will not do anything about it (aside of chiding you to send better bug reports).

Send your bug report to the MPFR mailing-list ‘`mpfr@inria.fr`’.

If you think something in this manual is unclear, or downright incorrect, or if the language needs to be improved, please send a note to the same address.

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## 4 MPFR Basics

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### 4.1 Headers and Libraries

All declarations needed to use MPFR are collected in the include file `mpfr.h`. It is designed to work with both C and C++ compilers. You should include that file in any program using the MPFR library:

    #include <mpfr.h>

Note however that prototypes for MPFR functions with `FILE *` parameters are provided only if `<stdio.h>` is included too (before `mpfr.h`):

    #include <stdio.h>
    #include <mpfr.h>

Likewise `<stdarg.h>` (or `<varargs.h>`) is required for prototypes with `va_list` parameters, such as `mpfr_vprintf`.

And for any functions using `intmax_t`, you must include `<stdint.h>` or `<inttypes.h>` before `mpfr.h`, to allow `mpfr.h` to define prototypes for these functions. Moreover, under some platforms (in particular with C++ compilers), users may need to define `MPFR_USE_INTMAX_T` (and should do it for portability) before `mpfr.h` has been included; of course, it is possible to do that on the command line, e.g., with `-DMPFR_USE_INTMAX_T`.

Note: If `mpfr.h` and/or `gmp.h` (used by `mpfr.h`) are included several times (possibly from another header file), `<stdio.h>` and/or `<stdarg.h>` (or `<varargs.h>`) should be included before the first inclusion of `mpfr.h` or `gmp.h`. Alternatively, you can define `MPFR_USE_FILE` (for MPFR I/O functions) and/or `MPFR_USE_VA_LIST` (for MPFR functions with `va_list` parameters) anywhere before the last inclusion of `mpfr.h`. As a consequence, if your file is a public header that includes `mpfr.h`, you need to use the latter method.

When calling a MPFR macro, it is not allowed to have previously defined a macro with the same name as some keywords (currently `do`, `while` and `sizeof`).

You can avoid the use of MPFR macros encapsulating functions by defining the `MPFR_USE_NO_MACRO` macro before `mpfr.h` is included. In general this should not be necessary, but this can be useful when debugging user code: with some macros, the compiler may emit spurious warnings with some warning options, and macros can prevent some prototype checking.

All programs using MPFR must link against both `libmpfr` and `libgmp` libraries. On a typical Unix-like system this can be done with ‘`-lmpfr -lgmp`’ (in that order), for example:

    gcc myprogram.c -lmpfr -lgmp

MPFR is built using Libtool and an application can use that to link if desired, see GNU Libtool.

If MPFR has been installed to a non-standard location, then it may be necessary to set up environment variables such as ‘`C_INCLUDE_PATH`’ and ‘`LIBRARY_PATH`’, or use ‘`-I`’ and ‘`-L`’ compiler options, in order to point to the right directories. For a shared library, it may also be necessary to set up some sort of run-time library path (e.g., ‘`LD_LIBRARY_PATH`’) on some systems. Please read the `INSTALL` file for additional information.

Alternatively, it is possible to use ‘`pkg-config`’ (a file ‘`mpfr.pc`’ is provided as of MPFR 4.0):

    cc myprogram.c $(pkg-config --cflags --libs mpfr)

Note that the ‘`MPFR_`’ and ‘`mpfr_`’ prefixes are reserved for MPFR. As a general rule, in order to avoid clashes, software using MPFR (directly or indirectly) and system headers/libraries should not define macros and symbols using these prefixes.

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### 4.2 Nomenclature and Types

A floating-point number, or float for short, is an object representing a radix-2 floating-point number consisting of a sign, an arbitrary-precision normalized significand (also called mantissa), and an exponent (an integer in some given range); these are called regular numbers. Like in the IEEE 754 standard, a floating-point number can also have three kinds of special values: a signed zero, a signed infinity, and Not-a-Number (NaN). NaN can represent the default value of a floating-point object and the result of some operations for which no other results would make sense, such as 0 divided by 0 or +Infinity minus +Infinity; unless documented otherwise, the sign bit of a NaN is unspecified. Note that contrary to IEEE 754, MPFR has a single kind of NaN and does not have subnormals. Other than that, the behavior is very similar to IEEE 754, but there may be some differences.

The C data type for such objects is `mpfr_t`, internally defined as a one-element array of a structure (so that when passed as an argument to a function, it is the pointer that is actually passed), and `mpfr_ptr` is the C data type representing a pointer to this structure.

The precision is the number of bits used to represent the significand of a floating-point number; the corresponding C data type is `mpfr_prec_t`. The precision can be any integer between `MPFR_PREC_MIN` and `MPFR_PREC_MAX`. In the current implementation, `MPFR_PREC_MIN` is equal to 1.

Warning! MPFR needs to increase the precision internally, in order to provide accurate results (and in particular, correct rounding). Do not attempt to set the precision to any value near `MPFR_PREC_MAX`, otherwise MPFR will abort due to an assertion failure. However, in practice, the real limitation will probably be the available memory on your platform, and in case of lack of memory, the program may abort, crash or have undefined behavior (depending on your C implementation).

An exponent is a component of a regular floating-point number. Its C data type is `mpfr_exp_t`. Valid exponents are restricted to a subset of this type, and the exponent range can be changed globally as described in Exception Related Functions. Special values do not have an exponent.

The rounding mode specifies the way to round the result of a floating-point operation, in case the exact result cannot be represented exactly in the destination (see Rounding). The corresponding C data type is `mpfr_rnd_t`.

MPFR has a global (or per-thread) flag for each supported exception and provides operations on flags (Exceptions). This C data type is used to represent a group of flags (or a mask).

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### 4.3 MPFR Variable Conventions

Before you can assign to a MPFR variable, you need to initialize it by calling one of the special initialization functions. When you are done with a variable, you need to clear it out, using one of the functions for that purpose. A variable should only be initialized once, or at least cleared out between each initialization. After a variable has been initialized, it may be assigned to any number of times. For efficiency reasons, avoid to initialize and clear out a variable in loops. Instead, initialize it before entering the loop, and clear it out after the loop has exited. You do not need to be concerned about allocating additional space for MPFR variables, since any variable has a significand of fixed size. Hence unless you change its precision, or clear and reinitialize it, a floating-point variable will have the same allocated space during all its life.

As a general rule, all MPFR functions expect output arguments before input arguments. This notation is based on an analogy with the assignment operator. MPFR allows you to use the same variable for both input and output in the same expression. For example, the main function for floating-point multiplication, `mpfr_mul`, can be used like this: `mpfr_mul (x, x, x, rnd)`. This computes the square of x with rounding mode `rnd` and puts the result back in x.

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### 4.4 Rounding

The following rounding modes are supported:

- `MPFR_RNDN`: round to nearest, with the even rounding rule (roundTiesToEven in IEEE 754-2008); see details below.
- `MPFR_RNDD`: round toward minus infinity (roundTowardNegative in IEEE 754-2008).
- `MPFR_RNDU`: round toward plus infinity (roundTowardPositive in IEEE 754-2008).
- `MPFR_RNDZ`: round toward zero (roundTowardZero in IEEE 754-2008).
- `MPFR_RNDA`: round away from zero.
- `MPFR_RNDF`: faithful rounding. This feature is currently experimental. Specific support for this rounding mode has been added to some functions, such as the basic operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication, square, division, square root) or when explicitly documented. It might also work with other functions, as it is possible that they do not need modification in their code; even though a correct behavior is not guaranteed yet (corrections were done when failures occurred in the test suite, but almost nothing has been checked manually), failures should be regarded as bugs and reported, so that they can be fixed.

Note that, in particular for a result equal to zero, the sign is preserved by the rounding operation.

The `MPFR_RNDN` mode works like roundTiesToEven from the IEEE 754 standard: in case the number to be rounded lies exactly in the middle between two consecutive representable numbers, it is rounded to the one with an even significand; in radix 2, this means that the least significant bit is 0. For example, the number 2.5, which is represented by (10.1) in binary, is rounded to (10.0)=2 with a precision of two bits, and not to (11.0)=3. This rule avoids the drift phenomenon mentioned by Knuth in volume 2 of The Art of Computer Programming (Section 4.2.2).

Note: In particular for a 1-digit precision (in radix 2 or other radices, as in conversions to a string of digits), one considers the significands associated with the exponent of the number to be rounded. For instance, to round the number 95 in radix 10 with a 1-digit precision, one considers its truncated 1-digit integer significand 9 and the following integer 10 (since these are consecutive integers, exactly one of them is even). 10 is the even significand, so that 95 will be rounded to 100, not to 90.

For the directed rounding modes, a number x is rounded to the number y that is the closest to x such that

- `MPFR_RNDD`: y is less than or equal to x;
- `MPFR_RNDU`: y is greater than or equal to x;
- `MPFR_RNDZ`: abs(y) is less than or equal to abs(x);
- `MPFR_RNDA`: abs(y) is greater than or equal to abs(x).

The `MPFR_RNDF` mode works as follows: the computed value is either that corresponding to `MPFR_RNDD` or that corresponding to `MPFR_RNDU`. In particular when those values are identical, i.e., when the result of the corresponding operation is exactly representable, that exact result is returned. Thus, the computed result can take at most two possible values, and in absence of underflow/overflow, the corresponding error is strictly less than one ulp (unit in the last place) of that result and of the exact result. For `MPFR_RNDF`, the ternary value (defined below) and the inexact flag (defined later, as with the other flags) are unspecified, the divide-by-zero flag is as with other roundings, and the underflow and overflow flags match what would be obtained in the case the computed value is the same as with `MPFR_RNDD` or `MPFR_RNDU`. The results may not be reproducible.

Most MPFR functions take as first argument the destination variable, as second and following arguments the input variables, as last argument a rounding mode, and have a return value of type `int`, called the ternary value. The value stored in the destination variable is correctly rounded, i.e., MPFR behaves as if it computed the result with an infinite precision, then rounded it to the precision of this variable. The input variables are regarded as exact (in particular, their precision does not affect the result).

As a consequence, in case of a non-zero real rounded result, the error on the result is less than or equal to 1/2 ulp (unit in the last place) of that result in the rounding to nearest mode, and less than 1 ulp of that result in the directed rounding modes (a ulp is the weight of the least significant represented bit of the result after rounding).

Unless documented otherwise, functions returning an `int` return a ternary value. If the ternary value is zero, it means that the value stored in the destination variable is the exact result of the corresponding mathematical function. If the ternary value is positive (resp. negative), it means the value stored in the destination variable is greater (resp. lower) than the exact result. For example with the `MPFR_RNDU` rounding mode, the ternary value is usually positive, except when the result is exact, in which case it is zero. In the case of an infinite result, it is considered as inexact when it was obtained by overflow, and exact otherwise. A NaN result (Not-a-Number) always corresponds to an exact return value. The opposite of a returned ternary value is guaranteed to be representable in an `int`.

Unless documented otherwise, functions returning as result the value `1` (or any other value specified in this manual) for special cases (like `acos(0)`) yield an overflow or an underflow if that value is not representable in the current exponent range.

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### 4.5 Floating-Point Values on Special Numbers

This section specifies the floating-point values (of type `mpfr_t`) returned by MPFR functions (where by “returned” we mean here the modified value of the destination object, which should not be mixed with the ternary return value of type `int` of those functions). For functions returning several values (like `mpfr_sin_cos`), the rules apply to each result separately.

Functions can have one or several input arguments. An input point is a mapping from these input arguments to the set of the MPFR numbers. When none of its components are NaN, an input point can also be seen as a tuple in the extended real numbers (the set of the real numbers with both infinities).

When the input point is in the domain of the mathematical function, the result is rounded as described in Rounding (but see below for the specification of the sign of an exact zero). Otherwise the general rules from this section apply unless stated otherwise in the description of the MPFR function (MPFR Interface).

When the input point is not in the domain of the mathematical function but is in its closure in the extended real numbers and the function can be extended by continuity, the result is the obtained limit. Examples: `mpfr_hypot` on (+Inf,0) gives +Inf. But `mpfr_pow` cannot be defined on (1,+Inf) using this rule, as one can find sequences (x_n,y_n) such that x_n goes to 1, y_n goes to +Inf and x_n to the y_n goes to any positive value when n goes to the infinity.

When the input point is in the closure of the domain of the mathematical function and an input argument is +0 (resp. −0), one considers the limit when the corresponding argument approaches 0 from above (resp. below), if possible. If the limit is not defined (e.g., `mpfr_sqrt` and `mpfr_log` on −0), the behavior is specified in the description of the MPFR function, but must be consistent with the rule from the above paragraph (e.g., `mpfr_log` on ±0 gives −Inf).

When the result is equal to 0, its sign is determined by considering the limit as if the input point were not in the domain: If one approaches 0 from above (resp. below), the result is +0 (resp. −0); for example, `mpfr_sin` on −0 gives −0 and `mpfr_acos` on 1 gives +0 (in all rounding modes). In the other cases, the sign is specified in the description of the MPFR function; for example `mpfr_max` on −0 and +0 gives +0.

When the input point is not in the closure of the domain of the function, the result is NaN. Example: `mpfr_sqrt` on −17 gives NaN.

When an input argument is NaN, the result is NaN, possibly except when a partial function is constant on the finite floating-point numbers; such a case is always explicitly specified in MPFR Interface. Example: `mpfr_hypot` on (NaN,0) gives NaN, but `mpfr_hypot` on (NaN,+Inf) gives +Inf (as specified in Transcendental Functions), since for any finite or infinite input x, `mpfr_hypot` on (x,+Inf) gives +Inf.

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### 4.6 Exceptions

MPFR defines a global (or per-thread) flag for each supported exception. A macro evaluating to a power of two is associated with each flag and exception, in order to be able to specify a group of flags (or a mask) by OR’ing such macros.

Flags can be cleared (lowered), set (raised), and tested by functions described in Exception Related Functions.

The supported exceptions are listed below. The macro associated with each exception is in parentheses.

- Underflow (`MPFR_FLAGS_UNDERFLOW`): An underflow occurs when the exact result of a function is a non-zero real number and the result obtained after the rounding, assuming an unbounded exponent range (for the rounding), has an exponent smaller than the minimum value of the current exponent range. (In the round-to-nearest mode, the halfway case is rounded toward zero.)

  Note: This is not the single possible definition of the underflow. MPFR chooses to consider the underflow after rounding. The underflow before rounding can also be defined. For instance, consider a function that has the exact result 7 multiplied by two to the power e−4, where e is the smallest exponent (for a significand between 1/2 and 1), with a 2-bit target precision and rounding toward plus infinity. The exact result has the exponent e−1. With the underflow before rounding, such a function call would yield an underflow, as e−1 is outside the current exponent range. However, MPFR first considers the rounded result assuming an unbounded exponent range. The exact result cannot be represented exactly in precision 2, and here, it is rounded to 0.5 times 2 to e, which is representable in the current exponent range. As a consequence, this will not yield an underflow in MPFR.

- Overflow (`MPFR_FLAGS_OVERFLOW`): An overflow occurs when the exact result of a function is a non-zero real number and the result obtained after the rounding, assuming an unbounded exponent range (for the rounding), has an exponent larger than the maximum value of the current exponent range. In the round-to-nearest mode, the result is infinite. Note: unlike the underflow case, there is only one possible definition of overflow here.
- Divide-by-zero (`MPFR_FLAGS_DIVBY0`): An exact infinite result is obtained from finite inputs.
- NaN (`MPFR_FLAGS_NAN`): A NaN exception occurs when the result of a function is NaN.
- Inexact (`MPFR_FLAGS_INEXACT`): An inexact exception occurs when the result of a function cannot be represented exactly and must be rounded.
- Range error (`MPFR_FLAGS_ERANGE`): A range exception occurs when a function that does not return a MPFR number (such as comparisons and conversions to an integer) has an invalid result (e.g., an argument is NaN in `mpfr_cmp`, or a conversion to an integer cannot be represented in the target type).

Moreover, the group consisting of all the flags is represented by the `MPFR_FLAGS_ALL` macro (if new flags are added in future MPFR versions, they will be added to this macro too).

Differences with the ISO C99 standard:

- In C, only quiet NaNs are specified, and a NaN propagation does not raise an invalid exception. Unless explicitly stated otherwise, MPFR sets the NaN flag whenever a NaN is generated, even when a NaN is propagated (e.g., in NaN + NaN), as if all NaNs were signaling.
- An invalid exception in C corresponds to either a NaN exception or a range error in MPFR.

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### 4.7 Memory Handling

MPFR functions may create caches, e.g., when computing constants such as Pi, either because the user has called a function like `mpfr_const_pi` directly or because such a function was called internally by the MPFR library itself to compute some other function. When more precision is needed, the value is automatically recomputed; a minimum of 10% increase of the precision is guaranteed to avoid too many recomputations.

MPFR functions may also create thread-local pools for internal use to avoid the cost of memory allocation. The pools can be freed with `mpfr_free_pool` (but with a default MPFR build, they should not take much memory, as the allocation size is limited).

At any time, the user can free various caches and pools with `mpfr_free_cache` and `mpfr_free_cache2`. It is strongly advised to free thread-local caches before terminating a thread, and all caches before exiting when using tools like ‘`valgrind`’ (to avoid memory leaks being reported).

MPFR allocates its memory either on the stack (for temporary memory only) or with the same allocator as the one configured for GMP: see Section “Custom Allocation” in GNU MP. This means that the application must make sure that data allocated with the current allocator will not be reallocated or freed with a new allocator. So, in practice, if an application needs to change the allocator with `mp_set_memory_functions`, it should first free all data allocated with the current allocator: for its own data, with `mpfr_clear`, etc.; for the caches and pools, with `mpfr_mp_memory_cleanup` in all threads where MPFR is potentially used. This function is currently equivalent to `mpfr_free_cache`, but `mpfr_mp_memory_cleanup` is the recommended way in case the allocation method changes in the future (for instance, one may choose to allocate the caches for floating-point constants with `malloc` to avoid freeing them if the allocator changes). Developers should also be aware that MPFR may also be used indirectly by libraries, so that libraries based on MPFR should provide a clean-up function calling `mpfr_mp_memory_cleanup` and/or warn their users about this issue.

Note: For multithreaded applications, the allocator must be valid in all threads where MPFR may be used; data allocated in one thread may be reallocated and/or freed in some other thread.

MPFR internal data such as flags, the exponent range, the default precision, and the default rounding mode are either global (if MPFR has not been compiled as thread safe) or per-thread (thread-local storage, TLS). The initial values of TLS data after a thread is created entirely depend on the compiler and thread implementation (MPFR simply does a conventional variable initialization, the variables being declared with an implementation-defined TLS specifier).

Writers of libraries using MPFR should be aware that the application and/or another library used by the application may also use MPFR, so that changing the exponent range, the default precision, or the default rounding mode may have an effect on this other use of MPFR since these data are not duplicated (unless they are in a different thread). Therefore any such value changed in a library function should be restored before the function returns (unless the purpose of the function is to do such a change). Writers of software using MPFR should also be careful when changing such a value if they use a library using MPFR (directly or indirectly), in order to make sure that such a change is compatible with the library.

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### 4.8 Getting the Best Efficiency Out of MPFR

Here are a few hints to get the best efficiency out of MPFR:

- you should avoid allocating and clearing variables. Reuse variables whenever possible, allocate or clear outside of loops, pass temporary variables to subroutines instead of allocating them inside the subroutines;
- use `mpfr_swap` instead of `mpfr_set` whenever possible. This will avoid copying the significands;
- avoid using MPFR from C++, or make sure your C++ interface does not perform unnecessary allocations or copies;
- MPFR functions work in-place: to compute `a = a + b` you don’t need an auxiliary variable, you can directly write `mpfr_add (a, a, b, ...)`.

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## 5 MPFR Interface

The floating-point functions expect arguments of type `mpfr_t`.

The MPFR floating-point functions have an interface that is similar to the GNU MP functions. The function prefix for floating-point operations is `mpfr_`.

The user has to specify the precision of each variable. A computation that assigns a variable will take place with the precision of the assigned variable; the cost of that computation should not depend on the precision of variables used as input (on average).

The semantics of a calculation in MPFR is specified as follows: Compute the requested operation exactly (with “infinite accuracy”), and round the result to the precision of the destination variable, with the given rounding mode. The MPFR floating-point functions are intended to be a smooth extension of the IEEE 754 arithmetic. The results obtained on a given computer are identical to those obtained on a computer with a different word size, or with a different compiler or operating system.

MPFR does not keep track of the accuracy of a computation. This is left to the user or to a higher layer (for example the MPFI library for interval arithmetic). As a consequence, if two variables are used to store only a few significant bits, and their product is stored in a variable with large precision, then MPFR will still compute the result with full precision.

The value of the standard C macro `errno` may be set to non-zero after calling any MPFR function or macro, whether or not there is an error. Except when documented, MPFR will not set `errno`, but functions called by the MPFR code (libc functions, memory allocator, etc.) may do so.

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### 5.1 Initialization Functions

An `mpfr_t` object must be initialized before storing the first value in it. The functions `mpfr_init` and `mpfr_init2` are used for that purpose.

Function: void mpfr_init2 (mpfr_t x, mpfr_prec_t prec)

  Initialize x, set its precision to be exactly prec bits and its value to NaN. (Warning: the corresponding MPF function initializes to zero instead.)

  Normally, a variable should be initialized once only or at least be cleared, using `mpfr_clear`, between initializations. To change the precision of a variable that has already been initialized, use `mpfr_set_prec` or `mpfr_prec_round`; note that if the precision is decreased, the unused memory will not be freed, so that it may be wise to choose a large enough initial precision in order to avoid reallocations. The precision prec must be an integer between `MPFR_PREC_MIN` and `MPFR_PREC_MAX` (otherwise the behavior is undefined).

Function: void mpfr_inits2 (mpfr_prec_t prec, mpfr_t x, ...)

  Initialize all the `mpfr_t` variables of the given variable argument `va_list`, set their precision to be exactly prec bits and their value to NaN. See `mpfr_init2` for more details. The `va_list` is assumed to be composed only of type `mpfr_t` (or equivalently `mpfr_ptr`). It begins from x, and ends when it encounters a null pointer (whose type must also be `mpfr_ptr`).

Function: void mpfr_clear (mpfr_t x)

  Free the space occupied by the significand of x. Make sure to call this function for all `mpfr_t` variables when you are done with them.

Function: void mpfr_clears (mpfr_t x, ...)

  Free the space occupied by all the `mpfr_t` variables of the given `va_list`. See `mpfr_clear` for more details. The `va_list` is assumed to be composed only of type `mpfr_t` (or equivalently `mpfr_ptr`). It begins from x, and ends when it encounters a null pointer (whose type must also be `mpfr_ptr`).

Here is an example of how to use multiple initialization functions (since `NULL` is not necessarily defined in this context, we use `(mpfr_ptr) 0` instead, but `(mpfr_ptr) NULL` is also correct).

    {
      mpfr_t x, y, z, t;
      mpfr_inits2 (256, x, y, z, t, (mpfr_ptr) 0);
      …
      mpfr_clears (x, y, z, t, (mpfr_ptr) 0);
    }

Function: void mpfr_init (mpfr_t x)

  Initialize x, set its precision to the default precision, and set its value to NaN. The default precision can be changed by a call to `mpfr_set_default_prec`.

  Warning! In a given program, some other libraries might change the default precision and not restore it. Thus it is safer to use `mpfr_init2`.

Function: void mpfr_inits (mpfr_t x, ...)

  Initialize all the `mpfr_t` variables of the given `va_list`, set their precision to the default precision and their value to NaN. See `mpfr_init` for more details. The `va_list` is assumed to be composed only of type `mpfr_t` (or equivalently `mpfr_ptr`). It begins from x, and ends when it encounters a null pointer (whose type must also be `mpfr_ptr`).

  Warning! In a given program, some other libraries might change the default precision and not restore it. Thus it is safer to use `mpfr_inits2`.

Macro: MPFR_DECL_INIT (name, prec)

  This macro declares name as an automatic variable of type `mpfr_t`, initializes it and sets its precision to be exactly prec bits and its value to NaN. name must be a valid identifier. You must use this macro in the declaration section. This macro is much faster than using `mpfr_init2` but has some drawbacks:

  - You must not call `mpfr_clear` with variables created with this macro (the storage is allocated at the point of declaration and deallocated when the brace-level is exited).
  - You cannot change their precision.
  - You should not create variables with huge precision with this macro.
  - Your compiler must support ‘`Non-Constant Initializers`’ (standard in C++ and ISO C99) and ‘`Token Pasting`’ (standard in ISO C89). If prec is not a constant expression, your compiler must support ‘`variable-length automatic arrays`’ (standard in ISO C99). GCC 2.95.3 and above supports all these features. If you compile your program with GCC in C89 mode and with ‘`-pedantic`’, you may want to define the `MPFR_USE_EXTENSION` macro to avoid warnings due to the `MPFR_DECL_INIT` implementation.

Function: void mpfr_set_default_prec (mpfr_prec_t prec)

  Set the default precision to be exactly prec bits, where prec can be any integer between `MPFR_PREC_MIN` and `MPFR_PREC_MAX`. The precision of a variable means the number of bits used to store its significand. All subsequent calls to `mpfr_init` or `mpfr_inits` will use this precision, but previously initialized variables are unaffected. The default precision is set to 53 bits initially.

  Note: when MPFR is built with the ‘`--enable-thread-safe`’ configure option, the default precision is local to each thread. See Memory Handling, for more information.

Function: mpfr_prec_t mpfr_get_default_prec (void)

  Return the current default MPFR precision in bits. See the documentation of `mpfr_set_default_prec`.

Here is an example on how to initialize floating-point variables:

    {
      mpfr_t x, y;
      mpfr_init (x);                /* use default precision */
      mpfr_init2 (y, 256);          /* precision exactly 256 bits */
      …
      /* When the program is about to exit, do ... */
      mpfr_clear (x);
      mpfr_clear (y);
      mpfr_free_cache ();           /* free the cache for constants like pi */
    }

The following functions are useful for changing the precision during a calculation. A typical use would be for adjusting the precision gradually in iterative algorithms like Newton-Raphson, making the computation precision closely match the actual accurate part of the numbers.

Function: void mpfr_set_prec (mpfr_t x, mpfr_prec_t prec)

  Set the precision of x to be exactly prec bits, and set its value to NaN. The previous value stored in x is lost. It is equivalent to a call to `mpfr_clear(x)` followed by a call to `mpfr_init2(x, prec)`, but more efficient as no allocation is done in case the current allocated space for the significand of x is enough. The precision prec can be any integer between `MPFR_PREC_MIN` and `MPFR_PREC_MAX`. In case you want to keep the previous value stored in x, use `mpfr_prec_round` instead.

  Warning! You must not use this function if x was initialized with `MPFR_DECL_INIT` or with `mpfr_custom_init_set` (see Custom Interface).

Function: mpfr_prec_t mpfr_get_prec (mpfr_t x)

  Return the precision of x, i.e., the number of bits used to store its significand.

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### 5.2 Assignment Functions

These functions assign new values to already initialized floats (see Initialization Functions).

Function: int mpfr_set (mpfr_t rop, mpfr_t op, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)
Function: int mpfr_set_ui (mpfr_t rop, unsigned long int op, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)
Function: int mpfr_set_si (mpfr_t rop, long int op, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)
Function: int mpfr_set_uj (mpfr_t rop, uintmax_t op, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)
Function: int mpfr_set_sj (mpfr_t rop, intmax_t op, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)
Function: int mpfr_set_flt (mpfr_t rop, float op, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)
Function: int mpfr_set_d (mpfr_t rop, double op, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)
Function: int mpfr_set_ld (mpfr_t rop, long double op, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)
Function: int mpfr_set_float128 (mpfr_t rop, _Float128 op, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)
Function: int mpfr_set_decimal64 (mpfr_t rop, _Decimal64 op, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)
Function: int mpfr_set_decimal128 (mpfr_t rop, _Decimal128 op, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)
Function: int mpfr_set_z (mpfr_t rop, mpz_t op, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)
Function: int mpfr_set_q (mpfr_t rop, mpq_t op, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)
Function: int mpfr_set_f (mpfr_t rop, mpf_t op, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)

  Set the value of rop from op, rounded toward the given direction rnd. Note that the input 0 is converted to +0 by `mpfr_set_ui`, `mpfr_set_si`, `mpfr_set_uj`, `mpfr_set_sj`, The `mpfr_set_float128` function is built only with the configure option ‘`--enable-float128`’, which requires the compiler or system provides the ‘`_Float128`’ data type (GCC 4.3 or later supports this data type); to use `mpfr_set_float128`, one should define the macro `MPFR_WANT_FLOAT128` before including `mpfr.h`. `mpfr_set_z`, `mpfr_set_q` and `mpfr_set_f`, regardless of the rounding mode. If the system does not support the IEEE 754 standard, `mpfr_set_flt`, `mpfr_set_d`, `mpfr_set_ld`, `mpfr_set_decimal64` and `mpfr_set_decimal128` might not preserve the signed zeros. The `mpfr_set_decimal64` and `mpfr_set_decimal128` functions are built only with the configure option ‘`--enable-decimal-float`’, and when the compiler or system provides the ‘`_Decimal64`’ and ‘`_Decimal128`’ data type; to use those functions, one should define the macro `MPFR_WANT_DECIMAL_FLOATS` before including `mpfr.h`. `mpfr_set_q` might fail if the numerator (or the denominator) cannot be represented as a `mpfr_t`.

  For `mpfr_set`, the sign of a NaN is propagated in order to mimic the IEEE 754 `copy` operation. But contrary to IEEE 754, the NaN flag is set as usual.

  Note: If you want to store a floating-point constant to a `mpfr_t`, you should use `mpfr_set_str` (or one of the MPFR constant functions, such as `mpfr_const_pi` for Pi) instead of `mpfr_set_flt`, `mpfr_set_d`, `mpfr_set_ld`, `mpfr_set_decimal64` or `mpfr_set_decimal128`. Otherwise the floating-point constant will be first converted into a reduced-precision (e.g., 53-bit) binary (or decimal, for `mpfr_set_decimal64` and `mpfr_set_decimal128`) number before MPFR can work with it.

Function: int mpfr_set_ui_2exp (mpfr_t rop, unsigned long int op, mpfr_exp_t e, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)
Function: int mpfr_set_si_2exp (mpfr_t rop, long int op, mpfr_exp_t e, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)
Function: int mpfr_set_uj_2exp (mpfr_t rop, uintmax_t op, intmax_t e, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)
Function: int mpfr_set_sj_2exp (mpfr_t rop, intmax_t op, intmax_t e, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)
Function: int mpfr_set_z_2exp (mpfr_t rop, mpz_t op, mpfr_exp_t e, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)

  Set the value of rop from op multiplied by two to the power e, rounded toward the given direction rnd. Note that the input 0 is converted to +0.

Function: int mpfr_set_str (mpfr_t rop, const char *s, int base, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)

  Set rop to the value of the string s in base base, rounded in the direction rnd. See the documentation of `mpfr_strtofr` for a detailed description of the valid string formats. Contrary to `mpfr_strtofr`, `mpfr_set_str` requires the whole string to represent a valid floating-point number.

  The meaning of the return value differs from other MPFR functions: it is 0 if the entire string up to the final null character is a valid number in base base; otherwise it is −1, and rop may have changed (users interested in the ternary value should use `mpfr_strtofr` instead).

  Note: it is preferable to use `mpfr_strtofr` if one wants to distinguish between an infinite rop value coming from an infinite s or from an overflow.

Function: int mpfr_strtofr (mpfr_t rop, const char *nptr, char **endptr, int base, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)

  Read a floating-point number from a string nptr in base base, rounded in the direction rnd; base must be either 0 (to detect the base, as described below) or a number from 2 to 62 (otherwise the behavior is undefined). If nptr starts with valid data, the result is stored in rop and `*endptr` points to the character just after the valid data (if endptr is not a null pointer); otherwise rop is set to zero (for consistency with `strtod`) and the value of nptr is stored in the location referenced by endptr (if endptr is not a null pointer). The usual ternary value is returned.

  Parsing follows the standard C `strtod` function with some extensions. After optional leading whitespace, one has a subject sequence consisting of an optional sign (‘`+`’ or ‘`-`’), and either numeric data or special data. The subject sequence is defined as the longest initial subsequence of the input string, starting with the first non-whitespace character, that is of the expected form.

  The form of numeric data is a non-empty sequence of significand digits with an optional decimal-point character, and an optional exponent consisting of an exponent prefix followed by an optional sign and a non-empty sequence of decimal digits. A significand digit is either a decimal digit or a Latin letter (62 possible characters), with ‘`A`’ = 10, ‘`B`’ = 11, …, ‘`Z`’ = 35; case is ignored in bases less than or equal to 36, in bases larger than 36, ‘`a`’ = 36, ‘`b`’ = 37, …, ‘`z`’ = 61. The value of a significand digit must be strictly less than the base. The decimal-point character can be either the one defined by the current locale or the period (the first one is accepted for consistency with the C standard and the practice, the second one is accepted to allow the programmer to provide MPFR numbers from strings in a way that does not depend on the current locale). The exponent prefix can be ‘`e`’ or ‘`E`’ for bases up to 10, or ‘`@`’ in any base; it indicates a multiplication by a power of the base. In bases 2 and 16, the exponent prefix can also be ‘`p`’ or ‘`P`’, in which case the exponent, called binary exponent, indicates a multiplication by a power of 2 instead of the base (there is a difference only for base 16); in base 16 for example ‘`1p2`’ represents 4 whereas ‘`1@2`’ represents 256. The value of an exponent is always written in base 10.

  If the argument base is 0, then the base is automatically detected as follows. If the significand starts with ‘`0b`’ or ‘`0B`’, base 2 is assumed. If the significand starts with ‘`0x`’ or ‘`0X`’, base 16 is assumed. Otherwise base 10 is assumed.

  Note: The exponent (if present) must contain at least a digit. Otherwise the possible exponent prefix and sign are not part of the number (which ends with the significand). Similarly, if ‘`0b`’, ‘`0B`’, ‘`0x`’ or ‘`0X`’ is not followed by a binary/hexadecimal digit, then the subject sequence stops at the character ‘`0`’, thus 0 is read.

  Special data (for infinities and NaN) can be ‘`@inf@`’ or ‘`@nan@(n-char-sequence-opt)`’, and if base <= 16, it can also be ‘`infinity`’, ‘`inf`’, ‘`nan`’ or ‘`nan(n-char-sequence-opt)`’, all case insensitive. A ‘`n-char-sequence-opt`’ is a possibly empty string containing only digits, Latin letters and the underscore (0, 1, 2, …, 9, a, b, …, z, A, B, …, Z, _). Note: one has an optional sign for all data, even NaN. For example, ‘`-@nAn@(This_Is_Not_17)`’ is a valid representation for NaN in base 17.

Function: void mpfr_set_nan (mpfr_t x)
Function: void mpfr_set_inf (mpfr_t x, int sign)
Function: void mpfr_set_zero (mpfr_t x, int sign)

  Set the variable x to NaN (Not-a-Number), infinity or zero respectively. In `mpfr_set_inf` or `mpfr_set_zero`, x is set to plus infinity or plus zero iff sign is nonnegative; in `mpfr_set_nan`, the sign bit of the result is unspecified.

Function: void mpfr_swap (mpfr_t x, mpfr_t y)

  Swap the structures pointed to by x and y. In particular, the values are exchanged without rounding (this may be different from three `mpfr_set` calls using a third auxiliary variable).

  Warning! Since the precisions are exchanged, this will affect future assignments. Moreover, since the significand pointers are also exchanged, you must not use this function if the allocation method used for x and/or y does not permit it. This is the case when x and/or y were declared and initialized with `MPFR_DECL_INIT`, and possibly with `mpfr_custom_init_set` (see Custom Interface).

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### 5.3 Combined Initialization and Assignment Functions

Macro: int mpfr_init_set (mpfr_t rop, mpfr_t op, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)
Macro: int mpfr_init_set_ui (mpfr_t rop, unsigned long int op, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)
Macro: int mpfr_init_set_si (mpfr_t rop, long int op, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)
Macro: int mpfr_init_set_d (mpfr_t rop, double op, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)
Macro: int mpfr_init_set_ld (mpfr_t rop, long double op, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)
Macro: int mpfr_init_set_z (mpfr_t rop, mpz_t op, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)
Macro: int mpfr_init_set_q (mpfr_t rop, mpq_t op, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)
Macro: int mpfr_init_set_f (mpfr_t rop, mpf_t op, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)

  Initialize rop and set its value from op, rounded in the direction rnd. The precision of rop will be taken from the active default precision, as set by `mpfr_set_default_prec`.

Function: int mpfr_init_set_str (mpfr_t x, const char *s, int base, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)

  Initialize x and set its value from the string s in base base, rounded in the direction rnd. See `mpfr_set_str`.

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### 5.4 Conversion Functions

Function: float mpfr_get_flt (mpfr_t op, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)
Function: double mpfr_get_d (mpfr_t op, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)
Function: long double mpfr_get_ld (mpfr_t op, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)
Function: _Float128 mpfr_get_float128 (mpfr_t op, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)
Function: _Decimal64 mpfr_get_decimal64 (mpfr_t op, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)
Function: _Decimal128 mpfr_get_decimal128 (mpfr_t op, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)

  Convert op to a `float` (respectively `double`, `long double`, `_Decimal64`, or `_Decimal128`) using the rounding mode rnd. If op is NaN, some fixed NaN (either quiet or signaling) or the result of 0.0/0.0 is returned. If op is ±Inf, an infinity of the same sign or the result of ±1.0/0.0 is returned. If op is zero, these functions return a zero, trying to preserve its sign, if possible. The `mpfr_get_float128`, `mpfr_get_decimal64` and `mpfr_get_decimal128` functions are built only under some conditions: see the documentation of `mpfr_set_float128`, `mpfr_set_decimal64` and `mpfr_set_decimal128` respectively.

Function: long mpfr_get_si (mpfr_t op, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)
Function: unsigned long mpfr_get_ui (mpfr_t op, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)
Function: intmax_t mpfr_get_sj (mpfr_t op, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)
Function: uintmax_t mpfr_get_uj (mpfr_t op, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)

  Convert op to a `long`, an `unsigned long`, an `intmax_t` or an `uintmax_t` (respectively) after rounding it to an integer with respect to rnd. If op is NaN, 0 is returned and the erange flag is set. If op is too big for the return type, the function returns the maximum or the minimum of the corresponding C type, depending on the direction of the overflow; the erange flag is set too. When there is no such range error, if the return value differs from op, i.e., if op is not an integer, the inexact flag is set. See also `mpfr_fits_slong_p`, `mpfr_fits_ulong_p`, `mpfr_fits_intmax_p` and `mpfr_fits_uintmax_p`.

Function: double mpfr_get_d_2exp (long *exp, mpfr_t op, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)
Function: long double mpfr_get_ld_2exp (long *exp, mpfr_t op, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)

  Return d and set exp (formally, the value pointed to by exp) such that 0.5<=abs(d)<1 and d times 2 raised to exp equals op rounded to double (resp. long double) precision, using the given rounding mode. If op is zero, then a zero of the same sign (or an unsigned zero, if the implementation does not have signed zeros) is returned, and exp is set to 0. If op is NaN or an infinity, then the corresponding double precision (resp. long-double precision) value is returned, and exp is undefined.

Function: int mpfr_frexp (mpfr_exp_t *exp, mpfr_t y, mpfr_t x, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)

  Set exp (formally, the value pointed to by exp) and y such that 0.5<=abs(y)<1 and y times 2 raised to exp equals x rounded to the precision of y, using the given rounding mode. If x is zero, then y is set to a zero of the same sign and exp is set to 0. If x is NaN or an infinity, then y is set to the same value and exp is undefined.

Function: mpfr_exp_t mpfr_get_z_2exp (mpz_t rop, mpfr_t op)

  Put the scaled significand of op (regarded as an integer, with the precision of op) into rop, and return the exponent exp (which may be outside the current exponent range) such that op exactly equals rop times 2 raised to the power exp. If op is zero, the minimal exponent `emin` is returned. If op is NaN or an infinity, the erange flag is set, rop is set to 0, and the the minimal exponent `emin` is returned. The returned exponent may be less than the minimal exponent `emin` of MPFR numbers in the current exponent range; in case the exponent is not representable in the `mpfr_exp_t` type, the erange flag is set and the minimal value of the `mpfr_exp_t` type is returned.

Function: int mpfr_get_z (mpz_t rop, mpfr_t op, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)

  Convert op to a `mpz_t`, after rounding it with respect to rnd. If op is NaN or an infinity, the erange flag is set, rop is set to 0, and 0 is returned. Otherwise the return value is zero when rop is equal to op (i.e., when op is an integer), positive when it is greater than op, and negative when it is smaller than op; moreover, if rop differs from op, i.e., if op is not an integer, the inexact flag is set.

Function: void mpfr_get_q (mpq_t rop, mpfr_t op)

  Convert op to a `mpq_t`. If op is NaN or an infinity, the erange flag is set and rop is set to 0. Otherwise the conversion is always exact.

Function: int mpfr_get_f (mpf_t rop, mpfr_t op, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)

  Convert op to a `mpf_t`, after rounding it with respect to rnd. The erange flag is set if op is NaN or an infinity, which do not exist in MPF. If op is NaN, then rop is undefined. If op is +Inf (resp. −Inf), then rop is set to the maximum (resp. minimum) value in the precision of the MPF number; if a future MPF version supports infinities, this behavior will be considered incorrect and will change (portable programs should assume that rop is set either to this finite number or to an infinite number). Note that since MPFR currently has the same exponent type as MPF (but not with the same radix), the range of values is much larger in MPF than in MPFR, so that an overflow or underflow is not possible.

Function: size_t mpfr_get_str_ndigits (int b, mpfr_prec_t p)

  Return the minimal integer m such that any number of p bits, when output with m digits in radix b with rounding to nearest, can be recovered exactly when read again, still with rounding to nearest. More precisely, we have m = 1 + ceil(p*log(2)/log(b)), with p replaced by p−1 if b is a power of 2.

  The argument b must be in the range 2 to 62; this is the range of bases supported by the `mpfr_get_str` function. Note that contrary to the base argument of this function, negative values are not accepted.

Function: char * mpfr_get_str (char *str, mpfr_exp_t *expptr, int base, size_t n, mpfr_t op, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)

  Convert op to a string of digits in base abs(base), with rounding in the direction rnd, where n is either zero (see below) or the number of significant digits output in the string. The argument base may vary from 2 to 62 or from −2 to −36; otherwise the function does nothing and immediately returns a null pointer.

  For base in the range 2 to 36, digits and lower-case letters are used; for −2 to −36, digits and upper-case letters are used; for 37 to 62, digits, upper-case letters, and lower-case letters, in that significance order, are used. Warning! This implies that for base > 10, the successor of the digit 9 depends on base. This choice has been done for compatibility with GMP’s `mpf_get_str` function. Users who wish a more consistent behavior should write a simple wrapper.

  If the input is NaN, then the returned string is ‘`@NaN@`’ and the NaN flag is set. If the input is +Inf (resp. −Inf), then the returned string is ‘`@Inf@`’ (resp. ‘`-@Inf@`’).

  If the input number is a finite number, the exponent is written through the pointer expptr (for input 0, the current minimal exponent is written); the type `mpfr_exp_t` is large enough to hold the exponent in all cases.

  The generated string is a fraction, with an implicit radix point immediately to the left of the first digit. For example, the number −3.1416 would be returned as "−31416" in the string and 1 written at expptr. If rnd is to nearest, and op is exactly in the middle of two consecutive possible outputs, the one with an even significand is chosen, where both significands are considered with the exponent of op. Note that for an odd base, this may not correspond to an even last digit: for example with 2 digits in base 7, (14) and a half is rounded to (15) which is 12 in decimal, (16) and a half is rounded to (20) which is 14 in decimal, and (26) and a half is rounded to (26) which is 20 in decimal.

  If n is zero, the number of digits of the significand is taken as `mpfr_get_str_ndigits(base,p)` where p is the precision of op (see mpfr_get_str_ndigits).

  If str is a null pointer, space for the significand is allocated using the allocation function (see Memory Handling) and a pointer to the string is returned (unless the base is invalid). To free the returned string, you must use `mpfr_free_str`.

  If str is not a null pointer, it should point to a block of storage large enough for the significand. A safe block size (sufficient for any value) is `max(n + 2, 7)` if n is not zero; if n is zero, replace it by `mpfr_get_str_ndigits(base,p)` where p is the precision of op, as mentioned above. The extra two bytes are for a possible minus sign, and for the terminating null character, and the value 7 accounts for ‘`-@Inf@`’ plus the terminating null character. The pointer to the string str is returned (unless the base is invalid).

  Like in usual functions, the inexact flag is set iff the result is inexact.

Function: void mpfr_free_str (char *str)

  Free a string allocated by `mpfr_get_str` using the unallocation function (see Memory Handling). The block is assumed to be `strlen(str)+1` bytes.

Function: int mpfr_fits_ulong_p (mpfr_t op, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)
Function: int mpfr_fits_slong_p (mpfr_t op, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)
Function: int mpfr_fits_uint_p (mpfr_t op, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)
Function: int mpfr_fits_sint_p (mpfr_t op, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)
Function: int mpfr_fits_ushort_p (mpfr_t op, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)
Function: int mpfr_fits_sshort_p (mpfr_t op, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)
Function: int mpfr_fits_uintmax_p (mpfr_t op, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)
Function: int mpfr_fits_intmax_p (mpfr_t op, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)

  Return non-zero if op would fit in the respective C data type, respectively `unsigned long`, `long`, `unsigned int`, `int`, `unsigned short`, `short`, `uintmax_t`, `intmax_t`, when rounded to an integer in the direction rnd. For instance, with the `MPFR_RNDU` rounding mode on −0.5, the result will be non-zero for all these functions. For `MPFR_RNDF`, those functions return non-zero when it is guaranteed that the corresponding conversion function (for example `mpfr_get_ui` for `mpfr_fits_ulong_p`), when called with faithful rounding, will always return a number that is representable in the corresponding type. As a consequence, for `MPFR_RNDF`, `mpfr_fits_ulong_p` will return non-zero for a non-negative number less than or equal to `ULONG_MAX`.

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### 5.5 Arithmetic Functions

Function: int mpfr_add (mpfr_t rop, mpfr_t op1, mpfr_t op2, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)
Function: int mpfr_add_ui (mpfr_t rop, mpfr_t op1, unsigned long int op2, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)
Function: int mpfr_add_si (mpfr_t rop, mpfr_t op1, long int op2, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)
Function: int mpfr_add_d (mpfr_t rop, mpfr_t op1, double op2, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)
Function: int mpfr_add_z (mpfr_t rop, mpfr_t op1, mpz_t op2, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)
Function: int mpfr_add_q (mpfr_t rop, mpfr_t op1, mpq_t op2, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)

  Set rop to op1 + op2 rounded in the direction rnd. The IEEE 754 rules are used, in particular for signed zeros. But for types having no signed zeros, 0 is considered unsigned (i.e., (+0) + 0 = (+0) and (−0) + 0 = (−0)). The `mpfr_add_d` function assumes that the radix of the `double` type is a power of 2, with a precision at most that declared by the C implementation (macro `IEEE_DBL_MANT_DIG`, and if not defined 53 bits).

Function: int mpfr_sub (mpfr_t rop, mpfr_t op1, mpfr_t op2, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)
Function: int mpfr_ui_sub (mpfr_t rop, unsigned long int op1, mpfr_t op2, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)
Function: int mpfr_sub_ui (mpfr_t rop, mpfr_t op1, unsigned long int op2, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)
Function: int mpfr_si_sub (mpfr_t rop, long int op1, mpfr_t op2, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)
Function: int mpfr_sub_si (mpfr_t rop, mpfr_t op1, long int op2, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)
Function: int mpfr_d_sub (mpfr_t rop, double op1, mpfr_t op2, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)
Function: int mpfr_sub_d (mpfr_t rop, mpfr_t op1, double op2, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)
Function: int mpfr_z_sub (mpfr_t rop, mpz_t op1, mpfr_t op2, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)
Function: int mpfr_sub_z (mpfr_t rop, mpfr_t op1, mpz_t op2, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)
Function: int mpfr_sub_q (mpfr_t rop, mpfr_t op1, mpq_t op2, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)

  Set rop to op1 - op2 rounded in the direction rnd. The IEEE 754 rules are used, in particular for signed zeros. But for types having no signed zeros, 0 is considered unsigned (i.e., (+0) − 0 = (+0), (−0) − 0 = (−0), 0 − (+0) = (−0) and 0 − (−0) = (+0)). The same restrictions than for `mpfr_add_d` apply to `mpfr_d_sub` and `mpfr_sub_d`.

Function: int mpfr_mul (mpfr_t rop, mpfr_t op1, mpfr_t op2, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)
Function: int mpfr_mul_ui (mpfr_t rop, mpfr_t op1, unsigned long int op2, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)
Function: int mpfr_mul_si (mpfr_t rop, mpfr_t op1, long int op2, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)
Function: int mpfr_mul_d (mpfr_t rop, mpfr_t op1, double op2, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)
Function: int mpfr_mul_z (mpfr_t rop, mpfr_t op1, mpz_t op2, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)
Function: int mpfr_mul_q (mpfr_t rop, mpfr_t op1, mpq_t op2, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)

  Set rop to op1 times op2 rounded in the direction rnd. When a result is zero, its sign is the product of the signs of the operands (for types having no signed zeros, 0 is considered positive). The same restrictions than for `mpfr_add_d` apply to `mpfr_mul_d`.

Function: int mpfr_sqr (mpfr_t rop, mpfr_t op, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)

  Set rop to the square of op rounded in the direction rnd.

Function: int mpfr_div (mpfr_t rop, mpfr_t op1, mpfr_t op2, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)
Function: int mpfr_ui_div (mpfr_t rop, unsigned long int op1, mpfr_t op2, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)
Function: int mpfr_div_ui (mpfr_t rop, mpfr_t op1, unsigned long int op2, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)
Function: int mpfr_si_div (mpfr_t rop, long int op1, mpfr_t op2, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)
Function: int mpfr_div_si (mpfr_t rop, mpfr_t op1, long int op2, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)
Function: int mpfr_d_div (mpfr_t rop, double op1, mpfr_t op2, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)
Function: int mpfr_div_d (mpfr_t rop, mpfr_t op1, double op2, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)
Function: int mpfr_div_z (mpfr_t rop, mpfr_t op1, mpz_t op2, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)
Function: int mpfr_div_q (mpfr_t rop, mpfr_t op1, mpq_t op2, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)

  Set rop to op1/op2 rounded in the direction rnd. When a result is zero, its sign is the product of the signs of the operands. For types having no signed zeros, 0 is considered positive; but note that if op1 is non-zero and op2 is zero, the result might change from ±Inf to NaN in future MPFR versions if there is an opposite decision on the IEEE 754 side. The same restrictions than for `mpfr_add_d` apply to `mpfr_d_div` and `mpfr_div_d`.

Function: int mpfr_sqrt (mpfr_t rop, mpfr_t op, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)
Function: int mpfr_sqrt_ui (mpfr_t rop, unsigned long int op, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)

  Set rop to the square root of op rounded in the direction rnd. Set rop to −0 if op is −0, to be consistent with the IEEE 754 standard. Set rop to NaN if op is negative.

Function: int mpfr_rec_sqrt (mpfr_t rop, mpfr_t op, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)

  Set rop to the reciprocal square root of op rounded in the direction rnd. Set rop to +Inf if op is ±0, +0 if op is +Inf, and NaN if op is negative. Warning! Therefore the result on −0 is different from the one of the rSqrt function recommended by the IEEE 754-2008 standard (Section 9.2.1), which is −Inf instead of +Inf.

Function: int mpfr_cbrt (mpfr_t rop, mpfr_t op, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)
Function: int mpfr_rootn_ui (mpfr_t rop, mpfr_t op, unsigned long int n, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)

  Set rop to the nth root (with n = 3, the cubic root, for `mpfr_cbrt`) of op rounded in the direction rnd. For n = 0, set rop to NaN. For n odd (resp. even) and op negative (including −Inf), set rop to a negative number (resp. NaN). If op is zero, set rop to zero with the sign obtained by the usual limit rules, i.e., the same sign as op if n is odd, and positive if n is even.

  These functions agree with the rootn function of the IEEE 754-2008 standard and the P754/D2.41 draft of the next standard (Section 9.2). Note that it is here restricted to n >= 0. Functions allowing a negative n may be implemented in the future.

Function: int mpfr_root (mpfr_t rop, mpfr_t op, unsigned long int n, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)

  This function is the same as `mpfr_rootn_ui` except when op is −0 and n is even: the result is −0 instead of +0 (the reason was to be consistent with `mpfr_sqrt`). Said otherwise, if op is zero, set rop to op.

  This function predates the IEEE 754-2008 standard and behaves differently from its rootn function. It is marked as deprecated and will be removed in a future release.

Function: int mpfr_neg (mpfr_t rop, mpfr_t op, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)
Function: int mpfr_abs (mpfr_t rop, mpfr_t op, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)

  Set rop to -op and the absolute value of op respectively, rounded in the direction rnd. Just changes or adjusts the sign if rop and op are the same variable, otherwise a rounding might occur if the precision of rop is less than that of op.

  The sign rule also applies to NaN in order to mimic the IEEE 754 `negate` and `abs` operations, i.e., for `mpfr_neg`, the sign is reversed, and for `mpfr_abs`, the sign is set to positive. But contrary to IEEE 754, the NaN flag is set as usual.

Function: int mpfr_dim (mpfr_t rop, mpfr_t op1, mpfr_t op2, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)

  Set rop to the positive difference of op1 and op2, i.e., op1 - op2 rounded in the direction rnd if op1 > op2, +0 if op1 <= op2, and NaN if op1 or op2 is NaN.

Function: int mpfr_mul_2ui (mpfr_t rop, mpfr_t op1, unsigned long int op2, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)
Function: int mpfr_mul_2si (mpfr_t rop, mpfr_t op1, long int op2, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)

  Set rop to op1 times 2 raised to op2 rounded in the direction rnd. Just increases the exponent by op2 when rop and op1 are identical.

Function: int mpfr_div_2ui (mpfr_t rop, mpfr_t op1, unsigned long int op2, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)
Function: int mpfr_div_2si (mpfr_t rop, mpfr_t op1, long int op2, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)

  Set rop to op1 divided by 2 raised to op2 rounded in the direction rnd. Just decreases the exponent by op2 when rop and op1 are identical.

Function: int mpfr_fac_ui (mpfr_t rop, unsigned long int op, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)

  Set rop to the factorial of op, rounded in the direction rnd.

Function: int mpfr_fma (mpfr_t rop, mpfr_t op1, mpfr_t op2, mpfr_t op3, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)
Function: int mpfr_fms (mpfr_t rop, mpfr_t op1, mpfr_t op2, mpfr_t op3, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)

  Set rop to (op1 times op2) + op3 (resp. (op1 times op2) - op3) rounded in the direction rnd. Concerning special values (signed zeros, infinities, NaN), these functions behave like a multiplication followed by a separate addition or subtraction. That is, the fused operation matters only for rounding.

Function: int mpfr_fmma (mpfr_t rop, mpfr_t op1, mpfr_t op2, mpfr_t op3, mpfr_t op4, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)
Function: int mpfr_fmms (mpfr_t rop, mpfr_t op1, mpfr_t op2, mpfr_t op3, mpfr_t op4, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)

  Set rop to (op1 times op2) + (op3 times op4) (resp. (op1 times op2) - (op3 times op4)) rounded in the direction rnd. In case the computation of op1 times op2 overflows or underflows (or that of op3 times op4), the result rop is computed as if the two intermediate products were computed with rounding toward zero.

Function: int mpfr_hypot (mpfr_t rop, mpfr_t x, mpfr_t y, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)

  Set rop to the Euclidean norm of x and y, i.e., the square root of the sum of the squares of x and y, rounded in the direction rnd. Special values are handled as described in the ISO C99 (Section F.9.4.3) and IEEE 754-2008 (Section 9.2.1) standards: If x or y is an infinity, then +Inf is returned in rop, even if the other number is NaN.

Function: int mpfr_sum (mpfr_t rop, const mpfr_ptr tab[], unsigned long int n, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)

  Set rop to the sum of all elements of tab, whose size is n, correctly rounded in the direction rnd. Warning: for efficiency reasons, tab is an array of pointers to `mpfr_t`, not an array of `mpfr_t`. If n = 0, then the result is +0, and if n = 1, then the function is equivalent to `mpfr_set`. For the special exact cases, the result is the same as the one obtained with a succession of additions (`mpfr_add`) in infinite precision. In particular, if the result is an exact zero and n >= 1:

  - if all the inputs have the same sign (i.e., all +0 or all −0), then the result has the same sign as the inputs;
  - otherwise, either because all inputs are zeros with at least a +0 and a −0, or because some inputs are non-zero (but they globally cancel), the result is +0, except for the `MPFR_RNDD` rounding mode, where it is −0.

Function: int mpfr_dot (mpfr_t rop, const mpfr_ptr a[], const mpfr_ptr b[], unsigned long int n, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)

  Set rop to the dot product of elements of a by those of b, whose common size is n, correctly rounded in the direction rnd. Warning: for efficiency reasons, a and b are arrays of pointers to `mpfr_t`. This function is experimental, and does not yet handle intermediate overflows and underflows.

For the power functions (with an integer exponent or not), see mpfr_pow in Transcendental Functions.

Next: Transcendental Functions, Previous: Arithmetic Functions, Up: MPFR Interface [Index]

### 5.6 Comparison Functions

Function: int mpfr_cmp (mpfr_t op1, mpfr_t op2)
Function: int mpfr_cmp_ui (mpfr_t op1, unsigned long int op2)
Function: int mpfr_cmp_si (mpfr_t op1, long int op2)
Function: int mpfr_cmp_d (mpfr_t op1, double op2)
Function: int mpfr_cmp_ld (mpfr_t op1, long double op2)
Function: int mpfr_cmp_z (mpfr_t op1, mpz_t op2)
Function: int mpfr_cmp_q (mpfr_t op1, mpq_t op2)
Function: int mpfr_cmp_f (mpfr_t op1, mpf_t op2)

  Compare op1 and op2. Return a positive value if op1 > op2, zero if op1 = op2, and a negative value if op1 < op2. Both op1 and op2 are considered to their full own precision, which may differ. If one of the operands is NaN, set the erange flag and return zero.

  Note: These functions may be useful to distinguish the three possible cases. If you need to distinguish two cases only, it is recommended to use the predicate functions (e.g., `mpfr_equal_p` for the equality) described below; they behave like the IEEE 754 comparisons, in particular when one or both arguments are NaN. But only floating-point numbers can be compared (you may need to do a conversion first).

Function: int mpfr_cmp_ui_2exp (mpfr_t op1, unsigned long int op2, mpfr_exp_t e)
Function: int mpfr_cmp_si_2exp (mpfr_t op1, long int op2, mpfr_exp_t e)

  Compare op1 and op2 multiplied by two to the power e. Similar as above.

Function: int mpfr_cmpabs (mpfr_t op1, mpfr_t op2)
Function: int mpfr_cmpabs_ui (mpfr_t op1, unsigned long op2)

  Compare |op1| and |op2|. Return a positive value if |op1| > |op2|, zero if |op1| = |op2|, and a negative value if |op1| < |op2|. If one of the operands is NaN, set the erange flag and return zero.

Function: int mpfr_nan_p (mpfr_t op)
Function: int mpfr_inf_p (mpfr_t op)
Function: int mpfr_number_p (mpfr_t op)
Function: int mpfr_zero_p (mpfr_t op)
Function: int mpfr_regular_p (mpfr_t op)

  Return non-zero if op is respectively NaN, an infinity, an ordinary number (i.e., neither NaN nor an infinity), zero, or a regular number (i.e., neither NaN, nor an infinity nor zero). Return zero otherwise.

Macro: int mpfr_sgn (mpfr_t op)

  Return a positive value if op > 0, zero if op = 0, and a negative value if op < 0. If the operand is NaN, set the erange flag and return zero. This is equivalent to `mpfr_cmp_ui (op, 0)`, but more efficient.

Function: int mpfr_greater_p (mpfr_t op1, mpfr_t op2)
Function: int mpfr_greaterequal_p (mpfr_t op1, mpfr_t op2)
Function: int mpfr_less_p (mpfr_t op1, mpfr_t op2)
Function: int mpfr_lessequal_p (mpfr_t op1, mpfr_t op2)
Function: int mpfr_equal_p (mpfr_t op1, mpfr_t op2)

  Return non-zero if op1 > op2, op1 >= op2, op1 < op2, op1 <= op2, op1 = op2 respectively, and zero otherwise. Those functions return zero whenever op1 and/or op2 is NaN.

Function: int mpfr_lessgreater_p (mpfr_t op1, mpfr_t op2)

  Return non-zero if op1 < op2 or op1 > op2 (i.e., neither op1, nor op2 is NaN, and op1 <> op2), zero otherwise (i.e., op1 and/or op2 is NaN, or op1 = op2).

Function: int mpfr_unordered_p (mpfr_t op1, mpfr_t op2)

  Return non-zero if op1 or op2 is a NaN (i.e., they cannot be compared), zero otherwise.

Function: int mpfr_total_order_p (mpfr_t x, mpfr_t y)

  This function implements the totalOrder predicate from IEEE 754-2008, where −NaN < −Inf < negative finite numbers < −0 < +0 < positive finite numbers < +Inf < +NaN. It returns a non-zero value (true) when x is smaller than or equal to y for this order relation, and zero (false) otherwise. Contrary to `mpfr_cmp (x, y)`, which returns a ternary value, `mpfr_total_order_p` returns a binary value (zero or non-zero). In particular, `mpfr_total_order_p (x, x)` returns true, `mpfr_total_order_p (-0, +0)` returns true and `mpfr_total_order_p (+0, -0)` returns false. The sign bit of NaN also matters.

Next: Input and Output Functions, Previous: Comparison Functions, Up: MPFR Interface [Index]

### 5.7 Transcendental Functions

All those functions, except explicitly stated (for example `mpfr_sin_cos`), return a ternary value, i.e., zero for an exact return value, a positive value for a return value larger than the exact result, and a negative value otherwise.

Important note: In some domains, computing transcendental functions (even more with correct rounding) is expensive, even in small precision, for example the trigonometric and Bessel functions with a large argument. For some functions, the algorithm complexity and memory usage does not depend only on the output precision: for instance, the memory usage of `mpfr_rootn_ui` is also linear in the argument k, and the memory usage of the incomplete Gamma function also depends on the precision of the input op. It is also theoretically possible that some functions on some particular inputs might be very hard to round (i.e. the Table Maker’s Dilemma occurs in much larger precisions than normally expected from the context), meaning that the internal precision needs to be increased even more; but it is conjectured that the needed precision has a reasonable bound.

Function: int mpfr_log (mpfr_t rop, mpfr_t op, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)
Function: int mpfr_log_ui (mpfr_t rop, unsigned long op, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)
Function: int mpfr_log2 (mpfr_t rop, mpfr_t op, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)
Function: int mpfr_log10 (mpfr_t rop, mpfr_t op, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)

  Set rop to the natural logarithm of op, log2(op) or log10(op), respectively, rounded in the direction rnd. Set rop to +0 if op is 1 (in all rounding modes), for consistency with the ISO C99 and IEEE 754-2008 standards. Set rop to −Inf if op is ±0 (i.e., the sign of the zero has no influence on the result).

Function: int mpfr_log1p (mpfr_t rop, mpfr_t op, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)

  Set rop to the logarithm of one plus op, rounded in the direction rnd. Set rop to −Inf if op is −1.

Function: int mpfr_exp (mpfr_t rop, mpfr_t op, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)
Function: int mpfr_exp2 (mpfr_t rop, mpfr_t op, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)
Function: int mpfr_exp10 (mpfr_t rop, mpfr_t op, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)

  Set rop to the exponential of op, to 2 power of op or to 10 power of op, respectively, rounded in the direction rnd.

Function: int mpfr_expm1 (mpfr_t rop, mpfr_t op, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)

  Set rop to the exponential of op followed by a subtraction by one, rounded in the direction rnd.

Function: int mpfr_pow (mpfr_t rop, mpfr_t op1, mpfr_t op2, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)
Function: int mpfr_pow_ui (mpfr_t rop, mpfr_t op1, unsigned long int op2, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)
Function: int mpfr_pow_si (mpfr_t rop, mpfr_t op1, long int op2, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)
Function: int mpfr_pow_z (mpfr_t rop, mpfr_t op1, mpz_t op2, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)
Function: int mpfr_ui_pow_ui (mpfr_t rop, unsigned long int op1, unsigned long int op2, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)
Function: int mpfr_ui_pow (mpfr_t rop, unsigned long int op1, mpfr_t op2, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)

  Set rop to op1 raised to op2, rounded in the direction rnd. Special values are handled as described in the ISO C99 and IEEE 754-2008 standards for the `pow` function:

  - `pow(±0, y)` returns plus or minus infinity for y a negative odd integer.
  - `pow(±0, y)` returns plus infinity for y negative and not an odd integer.
  - `pow(±0, y)` returns plus or minus zero for y a positive odd integer.
  - `pow(±0, y)` returns plus zero for y positive and not an odd integer.
  - `pow(-1, ±Inf)` returns 1.
  - `pow(+1, y)` returns 1 for any y, even a NaN.
  - `pow(x, ±0)` returns 1 for any x, even a NaN.
  - `pow(x, y)` returns NaN for finite negative x and finite non-integer y.
  - `pow(x, -Inf)` returns plus infinity for 0 < abs(x) < 1, and plus zero for abs(x) > 1.
  - `pow(x, +Inf)` returns plus zero for 0 < abs(x) < 1, and plus infinity for abs(x) > 1.
  - `pow(-Inf, y)` returns minus zero for y a negative odd integer.
  - `pow(-Inf, y)` returns plus zero for y negative and not an odd integer.
  - `pow(-Inf, y)` returns minus infinity for y a positive odd integer.
  - `pow(-Inf, y)` returns plus infinity for y positive and not an odd integer.
  - `pow(+Inf, y)` returns plus zero for y negative, and plus infinity for y positive.

  Note: When 0 is of integer type, it is regarded as +0 by these functions. We do not use the usual limit rules in this case, as these rules are not used for `pow`.

Function: int mpfr_cos (mpfr_t rop, mpfr_t op, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)
Function: int mpfr_sin (mpfr_t rop, mpfr_t op, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)
Function: int mpfr_tan (mpfr_t rop, mpfr_t op, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)

  Set rop to the cosine of op, sine of op, tangent of op, rounded in the direction rnd.

Function: int mpfr_sin_cos (mpfr_t sop, mpfr_t cop, mpfr_t op, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)

  Set simultaneously sop to the sine of op and cop to the cosine of op, rounded in the direction rnd with the corresponding precisions of sop and cop, which must be different variables. Return 0 iff both results are exact, more precisely it returns s+4c where s=0 if sop is exact, s=1 if sop is larger than the sine of op, s=2 if sop is smaller than the sine of op, and similarly for c and the cosine of op.

Function: int mpfr_sec (mpfr_t rop, mpfr_t op, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)
Function: int mpfr_csc (mpfr_t rop, mpfr_t op, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)
Function: int mpfr_cot (mpfr_t rop, mpfr_t op, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)

  Set rop to the secant of op, cosecant of op, cotangent of op, rounded in the direction rnd.

Function: int mpfr_acos (mpfr_t rop, mpfr_t op, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)
Function: int mpfr_asin (mpfr_t rop, mpfr_t op, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)
Function: int mpfr_atan (mpfr_t rop, mpfr_t op, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)

  Set rop to the arc-cosine, arc-sine or arc-tangent of op, rounded in the direction rnd. Note that since `acos(-1)` returns the floating-point number closest to Pi according to the given rounding mode, this number might not be in the output range 0 <= rop < Pi of the arc-cosine function; still, the result lies in the image of the output range by the rounding function. The same holds for `asin(-1)`, `asin(1)`, `atan(-Inf)`, `atan(+Inf)` or for `atan(op)` with large op and small precision of rop.

Function: int mpfr_atan2 (mpfr_t rop, mpfr_t y, mpfr_t x, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)

  Set rop to the arc-tangent2 of y and x, rounded in the direction rnd: if `x > 0`, `atan2(y, x) = atan(y/x)`; if `x < 0`, `atan2(y, x) = sign(y)*(Pi - atan(abs(y/x)))`, thus a number from -Pi to Pi. As for `atan`, in case the exact mathematical result is +Pi or -Pi, its rounded result might be outside the function output range.

  `atan2(y, 0)` does not raise any floating-point exception. Special values are handled as described in the ISO C99 and IEEE 754-2008 standards for the `atan2` function:

  - `atan2(+0, -0)` returns +Pi.
  - `atan2(-0, -0)` returns -Pi.
  - `atan2(+0, +0)` returns +0.
  - `atan2(-0, +0)` returns −0.
  - `atan2(+0, x)` returns +Pi for x < 0.
  - `atan2(-0, x)` returns -Pi for x < 0.
  - `atan2(+0, x)` returns +0 for x > 0.
  - `atan2(-0, x)` returns −0 for x > 0.
  - `atan2(y, 0)` returns -Pi/2 for y < 0.
  - `atan2(y, 0)` returns +Pi/2 for y > 0.
  - `atan2(+Inf, -Inf)` returns +3*Pi/4.
  - `atan2(-Inf, -Inf)` returns -3*Pi/4.
  - `atan2(+Inf, +Inf)` returns +Pi/4.
  - `atan2(-Inf, +Inf)` returns -Pi/4.
  - `atan2(+Inf, x)` returns +Pi/2 for finite x.
  - `atan2(-Inf, x)` returns -Pi/2 for finite x.
  - `atan2(y, -Inf)` returns +Pi for finite y > 0.
  - `atan2(y, -Inf)` returns -Pi for finite y < 0.
  - `atan2(y, +Inf)` returns +0 for finite y > 0.
  - `atan2(y, +Inf)` returns −0 for finite y < 0.

Function: int mpfr_cosh (mpfr_t rop, mpfr_t op, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)
Function: int mpfr_sinh (mpfr_t rop, mpfr_t op, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)
Function: int mpfr_tanh (mpfr_t rop, mpfr_t op, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)

  Set rop to the hyperbolic cosine, sine or tangent of op, rounded in the direction rnd.

Function: int mpfr_sinh_cosh (mpfr_t sop, mpfr_t cop, mpfr_t op, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)

  Set simultaneously sop to the hyperbolic sine of op and cop to the hyperbolic cosine of op, rounded in the direction rnd with the corresponding precision of sop and cop, which must be different variables. Return 0 iff both results are exact (see `mpfr_sin_cos` for a more detailed description of the return value).

Function: int mpfr_sech (mpfr_t rop, mpfr_t op, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)
Function: int mpfr_csch (mpfr_t rop, mpfr_t op, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)
Function: int mpfr_coth (mpfr_t rop, mpfr_t op, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)

  Set rop to the hyperbolic secant of op, cosecant of op, cotangent of op, rounded in the direction rnd.

Function: int mpfr_acosh (mpfr_t rop, mpfr_t op, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)
Function: int mpfr_asinh (mpfr_t rop, mpfr_t op, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)
Function: int mpfr_atanh (mpfr_t rop, mpfr_t op, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)

  Set rop to the inverse hyperbolic cosine, sine or tangent of op, rounded in the direction rnd.

Function: int mpfr_eint (mpfr_t rop, mpfr_t op, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)

  Set rop to the exponential integral of op, rounded in the direction rnd. This is the sum of Euler’s constant, of the logarithm of the absolute value of op, and of the sum for k from 1 to infinity of op to the power k, divided by k and factorial(k). For positive op, it corresponds to the Ei function at op (see formula 5.1.10 from the Handbook of Mathematical Functions from Abramowitz and Stegun), and for negative op, to the opposite of the E1 function (sometimes called eint1) at −op (formula 5.1.1 from the same reference).

Function: int mpfr_li2 (mpfr_t rop, mpfr_t op, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)

  Set rop to real part of the dilogarithm of op, rounded in the direction rnd. MPFR defines the dilogarithm function as the integral of -log(1-t)/t from 0 to op.

Function: int mpfr_gamma (mpfr_t rop, mpfr_t op, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)
Function: int mpfr_gamma_inc (mpfr_t rop, mpfr_t op, mpfr_t op2, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)

  Set rop to the value of the Gamma function on op, resp. the incomplete Gamma function on op and op2, rounded in the direction rnd. (In the literature, `mpfr_gamma_inc` is called upper incomplete Gamma function, or sometimes complementary incomplete Gamma function.) For `mpfr_gamma` (and `mpfr_gamma_inc` when op2 is zero), when op is a negative integer, rop is set to NaN.

  Note: the current implementation of `mpfr_gamma_inc` is slow for large values of rop or op, in which case some internal overflow might also occur.

Function: int mpfr_lngamma (mpfr_t rop, mpfr_t op, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)

  Set rop to the value of the logarithm of the Gamma function on op, rounded in the direction rnd. When op is 1 or 2, set rop to +0 (in all rounding modes). When op is an infinity or a nonpositive integer, set rop to +Inf, following the general rules on special values. When −2k−1 < op < −2k, k being a nonnegative integer, set rop to NaN. See also `mpfr_lgamma`.

Function: int mpfr_lgamma (mpfr_t rop, int *signp, mpfr_t op, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)

  Set rop to the value of the logarithm of the absolute value of the Gamma function on op, rounded in the direction rnd. The sign (1 or −1) of Gamma(op) is returned in the object pointed to by signp. When op is 1 or 2, set rop to +0 (in all rounding modes). When op is an infinity or a nonpositive integer, set rop to +Inf. When op is NaN, −Inf or a negative integer, *signp is undefined, and when op is ±0, *signp is the sign of the zero.

Function: int mpfr_digamma (mpfr_t rop, mpfr_t op, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)

  Set rop to the value of the Digamma (sometimes also called Psi) function on op, rounded in the direction rnd. When op is a negative integer, set rop to NaN.

Function: int mpfr_beta (mpfr_t rop, mpfr_t op1, mpfr_t op2, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)

  Set rop to the value of the Beta function at arguments op1 and op2. Note: the current code does not try to avoid internal overflow or underflow, and might use a huge internal precision in some cases.

Function: int mpfr_zeta (mpfr_t rop, mpfr_t op, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)
Function: int mpfr_zeta_ui (mpfr_t rop, unsigned long op, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)

  Set rop to the value of the Riemann Zeta function on op, rounded in the direction rnd.

Function: int mpfr_erf (mpfr_t rop, mpfr_t op, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)
Function: int mpfr_erfc (mpfr_t rop, mpfr_t op, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)

  Set rop to the value of the error function on op (resp. the complementary error function on op) rounded in the direction rnd.

Function: int mpfr_j0 (mpfr_t rop, mpfr_t op, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)
Function: int mpfr_j1 (mpfr_t rop, mpfr_t op, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)
Function: int mpfr_jn (mpfr_t rop, long n, mpfr_t op, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)

  Set rop to the value of the first kind Bessel function of order 0, (resp. 1 and n) on op, rounded in the direction rnd. When op is NaN, rop is always set to NaN. When op is plus or minus Infinity, rop is set to +0. When op is zero, and n is not zero, rop is set to +0 or −0 depending on the parity and sign of n, and the sign of op.

Function: int mpfr_y0 (mpfr_t rop, mpfr_t op, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)
Function: int mpfr_y1 (mpfr_t rop, mpfr_t op, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)
Function: int mpfr_yn (mpfr_t rop, long n, mpfr_t op, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)

  Set rop to the value of the second kind Bessel function of order 0 (resp. 1 and n) on op, rounded in the direction rnd. When op is NaN or negative, rop is always set to NaN. When op is +Inf, rop is set to +0. When op is zero, rop is set to +Inf or −Inf depending on the parity and sign of n.

Function: int mpfr_agm (mpfr_t rop, mpfr_t op1, mpfr_t op2, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)

  Set rop to the arithmetic-geometric mean of op1 and op2, rounded in the direction rnd. The arithmetic-geometric mean is the common limit of the sequences u_n and v_n, where u_0=op1, v_0=op2, u_(n+1) is the arithmetic mean of u_n and v_n, and v_(n+1) is the geometric mean of u_n and v_n. If any operand is negative and the other one is not zero, set rop to NaN. If any operand is zero and the other one is finite (resp. infinite), set rop to +0 (resp. NaN).

Function: int mpfr_ai (mpfr_t rop, mpfr_t x, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)

  Set rop to the value of the Airy function Ai on x, rounded in the direction rnd. When x is NaN, rop is always set to NaN. When x is +Inf or −Inf, rop is +0. The current implementation is not intended to be used with large arguments. It works with abs(x) typically smaller than 500. For larger arguments, other methods should be used and will be implemented in a future version.

Function: int mpfr_const_log2 (mpfr_t rop, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)
Function: int mpfr_const_pi (mpfr_t rop, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)
Function: int mpfr_const_euler (mpfr_t rop, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)
Function: int mpfr_const_catalan (mpfr_t rop, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)

  Set rop to the logarithm of 2, the value of Pi, of Euler’s constant 0.577…, of Catalan’s constant 0.915…, respectively, rounded in the direction rnd. These functions cache the computed values to avoid other calculations if a lower or equal precision is requested. To free these caches, use `mpfr_free_cache` or `mpfr_free_cache2`.

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### 5.8 Input and Output Functions

This section describes functions that perform input from an input/output stream, and functions that output to an input/output stream. Passing a null pointer for a `stream` to any of these functions will make them read from `stdin` and write to `stdout`, respectively.

When using a function that takes a `FILE *` argument, you must include the `<stdio.h>` standard header before `mpfr.h`, to allow `mpfr.h` to define prototypes for these functions.

Function: size_t mpfr_out_str (FILE *stream, int base, size_t n, mpfr_t op, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)

  Output op on stream stream as a text string in base abs(base), rounded in the direction rnd. The base may vary from 2 to 62 or from −2 to −36 (any other value yields undefined behavior). The argument n has the same meaning as in `mpfr_get_str` (see mpfr_get_str): Print n significant digits exactly, or if n is 0, the number `mpfr_get_str_ndigits(base,p)` where p is the precision of op (see mpfr_get_str_ndigits).

  If the input is NaN, +Inf, −Inf, +0, or −0, then ‘`@NaN@`’, ‘`@Inf@`’, ‘`-@Inf@`’, ‘`0`’, or ‘`-0`’ is output, respectively.

  For the regular numbers, the format of the output is the following: the most significant digit, then a decimal-point character (defined by the current locale), then the remaining n−1 digits (including trailing zeros), then the exponent prefix, then the exponent in decimal. The exponent prefix is ‘`e`’ when abs(base) <= 10, and ‘`@`’ when abs(base) > 10. See mpfr_get_str for information on the digits depending on the base.

  Return the number of characters written, or if an error occurred, return 0.

Function: size_t mpfr_inp_str (mpfr_t rop, FILE *stream, int base, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)

  Input a string in base base from stream stream, rounded in the direction rnd, and put the read float in rop.

  This function reads a word (defined as a sequence of characters between whitespace) and parses it using `mpfr_set_str`. See the documentation of `mpfr_strtofr` for a detailed description of the valid string formats.

  Return the number of bytes read, or if an error occurred, return 0.

Function: int mpfr_fpif_export (FILE *stream, mpfr_t op)

  Export the number op to the stream stream in a floating-point interchange format. In particular one can export on a 32-bit computer and import on a 64-bit computer, or export on a little-endian computer and import on a big-endian computer. The precision of op and the sign bit of a NaN are stored too. Return 0 iff the export was successful.

  Note: this function is experimental and its interface might change in future versions.

Function: int mpfr_fpif_import (mpfr_t op, FILE *stream)

  Import the number op from the stream stream in a floating-point interchange format (see `mpfr_fpif_export`). Note that the precision of op is set to the one read from the stream, and the sign bit is always retrieved (even for NaN). If the stored precision is zero or greater than `MPFR_PREC_MAX`, the function fails (it returns non-zero) and op is unchanged. If the function fails for another reason, op is set to NaN and it is unspecified whether the precision of op has changed to the one read from the file. Return 0 iff the import was successful.

  Note: this function is experimental and its interface might change in future versions.

Function: void mpfr_dump (mpfr_t op)

  Output op on `stdout` in some unspecified format, then a newline character. This function is mainly for debugging purpose. Thus invalid data may be supported. Everything that is not specified may change without breaking the ABI and may depend on the environment.

  The current output format is the following: a minus sign if the sign bit is set (even for NaN); ‘`@NaN@`’, ‘`@Inf@`’ or ‘`0`’ if the argument is NaN, an infinity or zero, respectively; otherwise the remaining of the output is as follows: ‘`0.`’ then the p bits of the binary significand, where p is the precision of the number; if the trailing bits are not all zeros (which must not occur with valid data), they are output enclosed by square brackets; the character ‘`E`’ followed by the exponent written in base 10; in case of invalid data or out-of-range exponent, this function outputs three exclamation marks (‘`!!!`’), followed by flags, followed by three exclamation marks (‘`!!!`’) again. These flags are: ‘`N`’ if the most significant bit of the significand is 0 (i.e., the number is not normalized); ‘`T`’ if there are non-zero trailing bits; ‘`U`’ if this is an UBF number (internal use only); ‘`<`’ if the exponent is less than the current minimum exponent; ‘`>`’ if the exponent is greater than the current maximum exponent.

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### 5.9 Formatted Output Functions

#### 5.9.1 Requirements

The class of `mpfr_printf` functions provides formatted output in a similar manner as the standard C `printf`. These functions are defined only if your system supports ISO C variadic functions and the corresponding argument access macros.

When using any of these functions, you must include the `<stdio.h>` standard header before `mpfr.h`, to allow `mpfr.h` to define prototypes for these functions.

#### 5.9.2 Format String

The format specification accepted by `mpfr_printf` is an extension of the `printf` one. The conversion specification is of the form:

    % [flags] [width] [.[precision]] [type] [rounding] conv

‘`flags`’, ‘`width`’, and ‘`precision`’ have the same meaning as for the standard `printf` (in particular, notice that the ‘`precision`’ is related to the number of digits displayed in the base chosen by ‘`conv`’ and not related to the internal precision of the `mpfr_t` variable), but note that for ‘`Re`’, the default precision is not the same as the one for ‘`e`’. `mpfr_printf` accepts the same ‘`type`’ specifiers as GMP (except the non-standard and deprecated ‘`q`’, use ‘`ll`’ instead), namely the length modifiers defined in the C standard:

> ‘`h`’ | `short`
> ‘`hh`’ | `char`
> ‘`j`’ | `intmax_t` or `uintmax_t`
> ‘`l`’ | `long` or `wchar_t`
> ‘`ll`’ | `long long`
> ‘`L`’ | `long double`
> ‘`t`’ | `ptrdiff_t`
> ‘`z`’ | `size_t`

and the ‘`type`’ specifiers defined in GMP plus ‘`R`’ and ‘`P`’ specific to MPFR (the second column in the table below shows the type of the argument read in the argument list and the kind of ‘`conv`’ specifier to use after the ‘`type`’ specifier):

> ‘`F`’ | `mpf_t`, float conversions
> ‘`Q`’ | `mpq_t`, integer conversions
> ‘`M`’ | `mp_limb_t`, integer conversions
> ‘`N`’ | `mp_limb_t` array, integer conversions
> ‘`Z`’ | `mpz_t`, integer conversions
> ‘`P`’ | `mpfr_prec_t`, integer conversions
> ‘`R`’ | `mpfr_t`, float conversions

The ‘`type`’ specifiers have the same restrictions as those mentioned in the GMP documentation: see Section “Formatted Output Strings” in GNU MP. In particular, the ‘`type`’ specifiers (except ‘`R`’ and ‘`P`’) are supported only if they are supported by `gmp_printf` in your GMP build; this implies that the standard specifiers, such as ‘`t`’, must also be supported by your C library if you want to use them.

The ‘`rounding`’ field is specific to `mpfr_t` arguments and should not be used with other types.

With conversion specification not involving ‘`P`’ and ‘`R`’ types, `mpfr_printf` behaves exactly as `gmp_printf`.

The ‘`P`’ type specifies that a following ‘`d`’, ‘`i`’, ‘`o`’, ‘`u`’, ‘`x`’, or ‘`X`’ conversion specifier applies to a `mpfr_prec_t` argument. It is needed because the `mpfr_prec_t` type does not necessarily correspond to an `int` or any fixed standard type. The ‘`precision`’ field specifies the minimum number of digits to appear. The default ‘`precision`’ is 1. For example:

    mpfr_t x;
    mpfr_prec_t p;
    mpfr_init (x);
    …
    p = mpfr_get_prec (x);
    mpfr_printf ("variable x with %Pu bits", p);

The ‘`R`’ type specifies that a following ‘`a`’, ‘`A`’, ‘`b`’, ‘`e`’, ‘`E`’, ‘`f`’, ‘`F`’, ‘`g`’, ‘`G`’, or ‘`n`’ conversion specifier applies to a `mpfr_t` argument. The ‘`R`’ type can be followed by a ‘`rounding`’ specifier denoted by one of the following characters:

> ‘`U`’ | round toward plus infinity
> ‘`D`’ | round toward minus infinity
> ‘`Y`’ | round away from zero
> ‘`Z`’ | round toward zero
> ‘`N`’ | round to nearest (with ties to even)
> ‘`*`’ | rounding mode indicated by the `mpfr_rnd_t` argument just before the corresponding `mpfr_t` variable.

The default rounding mode is rounding to nearest. The following three examples are equivalent:

    mpfr_t x;
    mpfr_init (x);
    …
    mpfr_printf ("%.128Rf", x);
    mpfr_printf ("%.128RNf", x);
    mpfr_printf ("%.128R*f", MPFR_RNDN, x);

Note that the rounding away from zero mode is specified with ‘`Y`’ because ISO C reserves the ‘`A`’ specifier for hexadecimal output (see below).

The output ‘`conv`’ specifiers allowed with `mpfr_t` parameter are:

> ‘`a`’ ‘`A`’ | hex float, C99 style
> ‘`b`’ | binary output
> ‘`e`’ ‘`E`’ | scientific-format float
> ‘`f`’ ‘`F`’ | fixed-point float
> ‘`g`’ ‘`G`’ | fixed-point or scientific float

The conversion specifier ‘`b`’ which displays the argument in binary is specific to `mpfr_t` arguments and should not be used with other types. Other conversion specifiers have the same meaning as for a `double` argument.

In case of non-decimal output, only the significand is written in the specified base, the exponent is always displayed in decimal. Special values are always displayed as `nan`, `-inf`, and `inf` for ‘`a`’, ‘`b`’, ‘`e`’, ‘`f`’, and ‘`g`’ specifiers and `NAN`, `-INF`, and `INF` for ‘`A`’, ‘`E`’, ‘`F`’, and ‘`G`’ specifiers.

The `mpfr_t` number is rounded to the given precision in the direction specified by the rounding mode (see below if the ‘`precision`’ field is empty). If the precision is zero with rounding to nearest mode and one of the following ‘`conv`’ specifiers: ‘`a`’, ‘`A`’, ‘`b`’, ‘`e`’, ‘`E`’, tie case is rounded to even when it lies between two consecutive values at the wanted precision which have the same exponent, otherwise, it is rounded away from zero. For instance, 85 is displayed as "8e+1" and 95 is displayed as "1e+2" with the format specification `"%.0RNe"`. This also applies when the ‘`g`’ (resp. ‘`G`’) conversion specifier uses the ‘`e`’ (resp. ‘`E`’) style. If the precision is set to a value greater than the maximum value for an `int`, it will be silently reduced down to `INT_MAX`.

If the ‘`precision`’ field is empty with ‘`conv`’ specifier ‘`e`’ and ‘`E`’ (as in `%Re` or `%.RE`), the chosen precision (i.e., the number of digits to be displayed after the initial digit and the decimal point) is ceil(p*log(2)/log(10)), where p is the precision of the input variable, matching the choice done for `mpfr_get_str`; thus, if rounding to nearest is used, outputting the value with an empty ‘`precision`’ field and reading it back will yield the original value. The chosen precision for an empty ‘`precision`’ field with ‘`conv`’ specifiers ‘`f`’, ‘`F`’, ‘`g`’, and ‘`G`’ is 6.

#### 5.9.3 Functions

For all the following functions, if the number of characters that ought to be written exceeds the maximum limit `INT_MAX` for an `int`, nothing is written in the stream (resp. to `stdout`, to buf, to str), the function returns −1, sets the erange flag, and `errno` is set to `EOVERFLOW` if the `EOVERFLOW` macro is defined (such as on POSIX systems). Note, however, that `errno` might be changed to another value by some internal library call if another error occurs there (currently, this would come from the unallocation function).

Function: int mpfr_fprintf (FILE *stream, const char *template, …)
Function: int mpfr_vfprintf (FILE *stream, const char *template, va_list ap)

  Print to the stream stream the optional arguments under the control of the template string template. Return the number of characters written or a negative value if an error occurred.

Function: int mpfr_printf (const char *template, …)
Function: int mpfr_vprintf (const char *template, va_list ap)

  Print to `stdout` the optional arguments under the control of the template string template. Return the number of characters written or a negative value if an error occurred.

Function: int mpfr_sprintf (char *buf, const char *template, …)
Function: int mpfr_vsprintf (char *buf, const char *template, va_list ap)

  Form a null-terminated string corresponding to the optional arguments under the control of the template string template, and print it in buf. No overlap is permitted between buf and the other arguments. Return the number of characters written in the array buf not counting the terminating null character or a negative value if an error occurred.

Function: int mpfr_snprintf (char *buf, size_t n, const char *template, …)
Function: int mpfr_vsnprintf (char *buf, size_t n, const char *template, va_list ap)

  Form a null-terminated string corresponding to the optional arguments under the control of the template string template, and print it in buf. If n is zero, nothing is written and buf may be a null pointer, otherwise, the n−1 first characters are written in buf and the n-th is a null character. Return the number of characters that would have been written had n been sufficiently large, not counting the terminating null character, or a negative value if an error occurred.

Function: int mpfr_asprintf (char **str, const char *template, …)
Function: int mpfr_vasprintf (char **str, const char *template, va_list ap)

  Write their output as a null terminated string in a block of memory allocated using the allocation function (see Memory Handling). A pointer to the block is stored in str. The block of memory must be freed using `mpfr_free_str`. The return value is the number of characters written in the string, excluding the null-terminator, or a negative value if an error occurred, in which case the contents of str are undefined.

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### 5.10 Integer and Remainder Related Functions

Function: int mpfr_rint (mpfr_t rop, mpfr_t op, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)
Function: int mpfr_ceil (mpfr_t rop, mpfr_t op)
Function: int mpfr_floor (mpfr_t rop, mpfr_t op)
Function: int mpfr_round (mpfr_t rop, mpfr_t op)
Function: int mpfr_roundeven (mpfr_t rop, mpfr_t op)
Function: int mpfr_trunc (mpfr_t rop, mpfr_t op)

  Set rop to op rounded to an integer. `mpfr_rint` rounds to the nearest representable integer in the given direction rnd, and the other five functions behave in a similar way with some fixed rounding mode:

  - `mpfr_ceil`: to the next higher or equal representable integer (like `mpfr_rint` with `MPFR_RNDU`);
  - `mpfr_floor` to the next lower or equal representable integer (like `mpfr_rint` with `MPFR_RNDD`);
  - `mpfr_round` to the nearest representable integer, rounding halfway cases away from zero (as in the roundTiesToAway mode of IEEE 754-2008);
  - `mpfr_roundeven` to the nearest representable integer, rounding halfway cases with the even-rounding rule (like `mpfr_rint` with `MPFR_RNDN`);
  - `mpfr_trunc` to the next representable integer toward zero (like `mpfr_rint` with `MPFR_RNDZ`).

  When op is a zero or an infinity, set rop to the same value (with the same sign).

  The return value is zero when the result is exact, positive when it is greater than the original value of op, and negative when it is smaller. More precisely, the return value is 0 when op is an integer representable in rop, 1 or −1 when op is an integer that is not representable in rop, 2 or −2 when op is not an integer.

  When op is NaN, the NaN flag is set as usual. In the other cases, the inexact flag is set when rop differs from op, following the ISO C99 rule for the `rint` function. If you want the behavior to be more like IEEE 754 / ISO TS 18661-1, i.e., the usual behavior where the round-to-integer function is regarded as any other mathematical function, you should use one the `mpfr_rint_*` functions instead.

  Note that no double rounding is performed; for instance, 10.5 (1010.1 in binary) is rounded by `mpfr_rint` with rounding to nearest to 12 (1100 in binary) in 2-bit precision, because the two enclosing numbers representable on two bits are 8 and 12, and the closest is 12. (If one first rounded to an integer, one would round 10.5 to 10 with even rounding, and then 10 would be rounded to 8 again with even rounding.)

Function: int mpfr_rint_ceil (mpfr_t rop, mpfr_t op, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)
Function: int mpfr_rint_floor (mpfr_t rop, mpfr_t op, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)
Function: int mpfr_rint_round (mpfr_t rop, mpfr_t op, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)
Function: int mpfr_rint_roundeven (mpfr_t rop, mpfr_t op, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)
Function: int mpfr_rint_trunc (mpfr_t rop, mpfr_t op, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)

  Set rop to op rounded to an integer:

  - `mpfr_rint_ceil`: to the next higher or equal integer;
  - `mpfr_rint_floor`: to the next lower or equal integer;
  - `mpfr_rint_round`: to the nearest integer, rounding halfway cases away from zero;
  - `mpfr_rint_roundeven`: to the nearest integer, rounding halfway cases to the nearest even integer;
  - `mpfr_rint_trunc` to the next integer toward zero.

  If the result is not representable, it is rounded in the direction rnd. When op is a zero or an infinity, set rop to the same value (with the same sign). The return value is the ternary value associated with the considered round-to-integer function (regarded in the same way as any other mathematical function).

  Contrary to `mpfr_rint`, those functions do perform a double rounding: first op is rounded to the nearest integer in the direction given by the function name, then this nearest integer (if not representable) is rounded in the given direction rnd. Thus these round-to-integer functions behave more like the other mathematical functions, i.e., the returned result is the correct rounding of the exact result of the function in the real numbers.

  For example, `mpfr_rint_round` with rounding to nearest and a precision of two bits rounds 6.5 to 7 (halfway cases away from zero), then 7 is rounded to 8 by the round-even rule, despite the fact that 6 is also representable on two bits, and is closer to 6.5 than 8.

Function: int mpfr_frac (mpfr_t rop, mpfr_t op, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)

  Set rop to the fractional part of op, having the same sign as op, rounded in the direction rnd (unlike in `mpfr_rint`, rnd affects only how the exact fractional part is rounded, not how the fractional part is generated). When op is an integer or an infinity, set rop to zero with the same sign as op.

Function: int mpfr_modf (mpfr_t iop, mpfr_t fop, mpfr_t op, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)

  Set simultaneously iop to the integral part of op and fop to the fractional part of op, rounded in the direction rnd with the corresponding precision of iop and fop (equivalent to `mpfr_trunc(iop, op, rnd)` and `mpfr_frac(fop, op, rnd)`). The variables iop and fop must be different. Return 0 iff both results are exact (see `mpfr_sin_cos` for a more detailed description of the return value).

Function: int mpfr_fmod (mpfr_t r, mpfr_t x, mpfr_t y, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)
Function: int mpfr_fmodquo (mpfr_t r, long* q, mpfr_t x, mpfr_t y, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)
Function: int mpfr_remainder (mpfr_t r, mpfr_t x, mpfr_t y, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)
Function: int mpfr_remquo (mpfr_t r, long* q, mpfr_t x, mpfr_t y, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)

  Set r to the value of x - n y, rounded according to the direction rnd, where n is the integer quotient of x divided by y, defined as follows: n is rounded toward zero for `mpfr_fmod` and `mpfr_fmodquo`, and to the nearest integer (ties rounded to even) for `mpfr_remainder` and `mpfr_remquo`.

  Special values are handled as described in Section F.9.7.1 of the ISO C99 standard: If x is infinite or y is zero, r is NaN. If y is infinite and x is finite, r is x rounded to the precision of r. If r is zero, it has the sign of x. The return value is the ternary value corresponding to r.

  Additionally, `mpfr_fmodquo` and `mpfr_remquo` store the low significant bits from the quotient n in *q (more precisely the number of bits in a `long` minus one), with the sign of x divided by y (except if those low bits are all zero, in which case zero is returned). Note that x may be so large in magnitude relative to y that an exact representation of the quotient is not practical. The `mpfr_remainder` and `mpfr_remquo` functions are useful for additive argument reduction.

Function: int mpfr_integer_p (mpfr_t op)

  Return non-zero iff op is an integer.

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### 5.11 Rounding-Related Functions

Function: void mpfr_set_default_rounding_mode (mpfr_rnd_t rnd)

  Set the default rounding mode to rnd. The default rounding mode is to nearest initially.

Function: mpfr_rnd_t mpfr_get_default_rounding_mode (void)

  Get the default rounding mode.

Function: int mpfr_prec_round (mpfr_t x, mpfr_prec_t prec, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)

  Round x according to rnd with precision prec, which must be an integer between `MPFR_PREC_MIN` and `MPFR_PREC_MAX` (otherwise the behavior is undefined). If prec is greater than or equal to the precision of x, then new space is allocated for the significand, and it is filled with zeros. Otherwise, the significand is rounded to precision prec with the given direction; no memory reallocation to free the unused limbs is done. In both cases, the precision of x is changed to prec.

  Here is an example of how to use `mpfr_prec_round` to implement Newton’s algorithm to compute the inverse of a, assuming x is already an approximation to n bits:

        mpfr_set_prec (t, 2 * n);
        mpfr_set (t, a, MPFR_RNDN);         /* round a to 2n bits */
        mpfr_mul (t, t, x, MPFR_RNDN);      /* t is correct to 2n bits */
        mpfr_ui_sub (t, 1, t, MPFR_RNDN);   /* high n bits cancel with 1 */
        mpfr_prec_round (t, n, MPFR_RNDN);  /* t is correct to n bits */
        mpfr_mul (t, t, x, MPFR_RNDN);      /* t is correct to n bits */
        mpfr_prec_round (x, 2 * n, MPFR_RNDN); /* exact */
        mpfr_add (x, x, t, MPFR_RNDN);      /* x is correct to 2n bits */

  Warning! You must not use this function if x was initialized with `MPFR_DECL_INIT` or with `mpfr_custom_init_set` (see Custom Interface).

Function: int mpfr_can_round (mpfr_t b, mpfr_exp_t err, mpfr_rnd_t rnd1, mpfr_rnd_t rnd2, mpfr_prec_t prec)

  Assuming b is an approximation of an unknown number x in the direction rnd1 with error at most two to the power E(b)-err where E(b) is the exponent of b, return a non-zero value if one is able to round correctly x to precision prec with the direction rnd2 assuming an unbounded exponent range, and 0 otherwise (including for NaN and Inf). In other words, if the error on b is bounded by two to the power k ulps, and b has precision prec, you should give err=prec−k. This function does not modify its arguments.

  If rnd1 is `MPFR_RNDN` or `MPFR_RNDF`, the error is considered to be either positive or negative, thus the possible range is twice as large as with a directed rounding for rnd1 (with the same value of err).

  When rnd2 is `MPFR_RNDF`, let rnd3 be the opposite direction if rnd1 is a directed rounding, and `MPFR_RNDN` if rnd1 is `MPFR_RNDN` or `MPFR_RNDF`. The returned value of `mpfr_can_round (b, err, rnd1, MPFR_RNDF, prec)` is non-zero iff after the call `mpfr_set (y, b, rnd3)` with y of precision prec, y is guaranteed to be a faithful rounding of x.

  Note: The ternary value cannot be determined in general with this function. However, if it is known that the exact value is not exactly representable in precision prec, then one can use the following trick to determine the (non-zero) ternary value in any rounding mode rnd2 (note that `MPFR_RNDZ` below can be replaced by any directed rounding mode):

      if (mpfr_can_round (b, err, MPFR_RNDN, MPFR_RNDZ,
                          prec + (rnd2 == MPFR_RNDN)))
        {
          /* round the approximation 'b' to the result 'r' of 'prec' bits
             with rounding mode 'rnd2' and get the ternary value 'inex' */
          inex = mpfr_set (r, b, rnd2);
        }

  Indeed, if rnd2 is `MPFR_RNDN`, this will check if one can round to prec+1 bits with a directed rounding: if so, one can surely round to nearest to prec bits, and in addition one can determine the correct ternary value, which would not be the case when b is near from a value exactly representable on prec bits.

  A detailed example is available in the `examples` subdirectory, file `can_round.c`.

Function: mpfr_prec_t mpfr_min_prec (mpfr_t x)

  Return the minimal number of bits required to store the significand of x, and 0 for special values, including 0.

Function: const char * mpfr_print_rnd_mode (mpfr_rnd_t rnd)

  Return a string ("MPFR_RNDN", "MPFR_RNDZ", "MPFR_RNDU", "MPFR_RNDD", "MPFR_RNDA", "MPFR_RNDF") corresponding to the rounding mode rnd, or a null pointer if rnd is an invalid rounding mode.

Macro: int mpfr_round_nearest_away (int (foo)(mpfr_t, type1_t, ..., mpfr_rnd_t), mpfr_t rop, type1_t op, ...)

  Given a function foo and one or more values op (which may be a `mpfr_t`, a `long`, a `double`, etc.), put in rop the round-to-nearest-away rounding of `foo(op,...)`. This rounding is defined in the same way as round-to-nearest-even, except in case of tie, where the value away from zero is returned. The function foo takes as input, from second to penultimate argument(s), the argument list given after rop, a rounding mode as final argument, puts in its first argument the value `foo(op,...)` rounded according to this rounding mode, and returns the corresponding ternary value (which is expected to be correct, otherwise `mpfr_round_nearest_away` will not work as desired). Due to implementation constraints, this function must not be called when the minimal exponent `emin` is the smallest possible one. This macro has been made such that the compiler is able to detect mismatch between the argument list op and the function prototype of foo. Multiple input arguments op are supported only with C99 compilers. Otherwise, for C89 compilers, only one such argument is supported.

  Note: this macro is experimental and its interface might change in future versions.

      unsigned long ul;
      mpfr_t f, r;
      /* Code that inits and sets r, f, and ul, and if needed sets emin */
      int i = mpfr_round_nearest_away (mpfr_add_ui, r, f, ul);

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### 5.12 Miscellaneous Functions

Function: void mpfr_nexttoward (mpfr_t x, mpfr_t y)

  If x or y is NaN, set x to NaN; note that the NaN flag is set as usual. If x and y are equal, x is unchanged. Otherwise, if x is different from y, replace x by the next floating-point number (with the precision of x and the current exponent range) in the direction of y (the infinite values are seen as the smallest and largest floating-point numbers). If the result is zero, it keeps the same sign. No underflow, overflow, or inexact exception is raised.

Function: void mpfr_nextabove (mpfr_t x)
Function: void mpfr_nextbelow (mpfr_t x)

  Equivalent to `mpfr_nexttoward` where y is plus infinity (resp. minus infinity).

Function: int mpfr_min (mpfr_t rop, mpfr_t op1, mpfr_t op2, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)
Function: int mpfr_max (mpfr_t rop, mpfr_t op1, mpfr_t op2, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)

  Set rop to the minimum (resp. maximum) of op1 and op2. If op1 and op2 are both NaN, then rop is set to NaN. If op1 or op2 is NaN, then rop is set to the numeric value. If op1 and op2 are zeros of different signs, then rop is set to −0 (resp. +0).

Function: int mpfr_urandomb (mpfr_t rop, gmp_randstate_t state)

  Generate a uniformly distributed random float in the interval 0 <= rop < 1. More precisely, the number can be seen as a float with a random non-normalized significand and exponent 0, which is then normalized (thus if e denotes the exponent after normalization, then the least -e significant bits of the significand are always 0).

  Return 0, unless the exponent is not in the current exponent range, in which case rop is set to NaN and a non-zero value is returned (this should never happen in practice, except in very specific cases). The second argument is a `gmp_randstate_t` structure which should be created using the GMP `gmp_randinit` function (see the GMP manual).

  Note: for a given version of MPFR, the returned value of rop and the new value of state (which controls further random values) do not depend on the machine word size.

Function: int mpfr_urandom (mpfr_t rop, gmp_randstate_t state, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)

  Generate a uniformly distributed random float. The floating-point number rop can be seen as if a random real number is generated according to the continuous uniform distribution on the interval [0, 1] and then rounded in the direction rnd.

  The second argument is a `gmp_randstate_t` structure which should be created using the GMP `gmp_randinit` function (see the GMP manual).

  Note: the note for `mpfr_urandomb` holds too. Moreover, the exact number (the random value to be rounded) and the next random state do not depend on the current exponent range and the rounding mode. However, they depend on the target precision: from the same state of the random generator, if the precision of the destination is changed, then the value may be completely different (and the state of the random generator is different too).

Function: int mpfr_nrandom (mpfr_t rop1, gmp_randstate_t state, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)
Function: int mpfr_grandom (mpfr_t rop1, mpfr_t rop2, gmp_randstate_t state, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)

  Generate one (possibly two for `mpfr_grandom`) random floating-point number according to a standard normal Gaussian distribution (with mean zero and variance one). For `mpfr_grandom`, if rop2 is a null pointer, then only one value is generated and stored in rop1.

  The floating-point number rop1 (and rop2) can be seen as if a random real number were generated according to the standard normal Gaussian distribution and then rounded in the direction rnd.

  The `gmp_randstate_t` argument should be created using the GMP `gmp_randinit` function (see the GMP manual).

  For `mpfr_grandom`, the combination of the ternary values is returned like with `mpfr_sin_cos`. If rop2 is a null pointer, the second ternary value is assumed to be 0 (note that the encoding of the only ternary value is not the same as the usual encoding for functions that return only one result). Otherwise the ternary value of a random number is always non-zero.

  Note: the note for `mpfr_urandomb` holds too. In addition, the exponent range and the rounding mode might have a side effect on the next random state.

  Note: `mpfr_nrandom` is much more efficient than `mpfr_grandom`, especially for large precision. Thus `mpfr_grandom` is marked as deprecated and will be removed in a future release.

Function: int mpfr_erandom (mpfr_t rop1, gmp_randstate_t state, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)

  Generate one random floating-point number according to an exponential distribution, with mean one. Other characteristics are identical to `mpfr_nrandom`.

Function: mpfr_exp_t mpfr_get_exp (mpfr_t x)

  Return the exponent of x, assuming that x is a non-zero ordinary number and the significand is considered in [1/2,1). For this function, x is allowed to be outside of the current range of acceptable values. The behavior for NaN, infinity or zero is undefined.

Function: int mpfr_set_exp (mpfr_t x, mpfr_exp_t e)

  Set the exponent of x to e if x is a non-zero ordinary number and e is in the current exponent range, and return 0; otherwise, return a non-zero value (x is not changed).

Function: int mpfr_signbit (mpfr_t op)

  Return a non-zero value iff op has its sign bit set (i.e., if it is negative, −0, or a NaN whose representation has its sign bit set).

Function: int mpfr_setsign (mpfr_t rop, mpfr_t op, int s, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)

  Set the value of rop from op, rounded toward the given direction rnd, then set (resp. clear) its sign bit if s is non-zero (resp. zero), even when op is a NaN.

Function: int mpfr_copysign (mpfr_t rop, mpfr_t op1, mpfr_t op2, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)

  Set the value of rop from op1, rounded toward the given direction rnd, then set its sign bit to that of op2 (even when op1 or op2 is a NaN). This function is equivalent to `mpfr_setsign (rop, op1, mpfr_signbit (op2), rnd)`.

Function: const char * mpfr_get_version (void)

  Return the MPFR version, as a null-terminated string.

Macro: MPFR_VERSION
Macro: MPFR_VERSION_MAJOR
Macro: MPFR_VERSION_MINOR
Macro: MPFR_VERSION_PATCHLEVEL
Macro: MPFR_VERSION_STRING

  `MPFR_VERSION` is the version of MPFR as a preprocessing constant. `MPFR_VERSION_MAJOR`, `MPFR_VERSION_MINOR` and `MPFR_VERSION_PATCHLEVEL` are respectively the major, minor and patch level of MPFR version, as preprocessing constants. `MPFR_VERSION_STRING` is the version (with an optional suffix, used in development and pre-release versions) as a string constant, which can be compared to the result of `mpfr_get_version` to check at run time the header file and library used match:

      if (strcmp (mpfr_get_version (), MPFR_VERSION_STRING))
        fprintf (stderr, "Warning: header and library do not match\n");

  Note: Obtaining different strings is not necessarily an error, as in general, a program compiled with some old MPFR version can be dynamically linked with a newer MPFR library version (if allowed by the library versioning system).

Macro: long MPFR_VERSION_NUM (major, minor, patchlevel)

  Create an integer in the same format as used by `MPFR_VERSION` from the given major, minor and patchlevel. Here is an example of how to check the MPFR version at compile time:

      #if (!defined(MPFR_VERSION) || (MPFR_VERSION<MPFR_VERSION_NUM(3,0,0)))
      # error "Wrong MPFR version."
      #endif

Function: const char * mpfr_get_patches (void)

  Return a null-terminated string containing the ids of the patches applied to the MPFR library (contents of the `PATCHES` file), separated by spaces. Note: If the program has been compiled with an older MPFR version and is dynamically linked with a new MPFR library version, the identifiers of the patches applied to the old (compile-time) MPFR version are not available (however this information should not have much interest in general).

Function: int mpfr_buildopt_tls_p (void)

  Return a non-zero value if MPFR was compiled as thread safe using compiler-level Thread-Local Storage (that is, MPFR was built with the ‘`--enable-thread-safe`’ configure option, see `INSTALL` file), return zero otherwise.

Function: int mpfr_buildopt_float128_p (void)

  Return a non-zero value if MPFR was compiled with ‘`_Float128`’ support (that is, MPFR was built with the ‘`--enable-float128`’ configure option), return zero otherwise.

Function: int mpfr_buildopt_decimal_p (void)

  Return a non-zero value if MPFR was compiled with decimal float support (that is, MPFR was built with the ‘`--enable-decimal-float`’ configure option), return zero otherwise.

Function: int mpfr_buildopt_gmpinternals_p (void)

  Return a non-zero value if MPFR was compiled with GMP internals (that is, MPFR was built with either ‘`--with-gmp-build`’ or ‘`--enable-gmp-internals`’ configure option), return zero otherwise.

Function: int mpfr_buildopt_sharedcache_p (void)

  Return a non-zero value if MPFR was compiled so that all threads share the same cache for one MPFR constant, like `mpfr_const_pi` or `mpfr_const_log2` (that is, MPFR was built with the ‘`--enable-shared-cache`’ configure option), return zero otherwise. If the return value is non-zero, MPFR applications may need to be compiled with the ‘`-pthread`’ option.

Function: const char * mpfr_buildopt_tune_case (void)

  Return a string saying which thresholds file has been used at compile time. This file is normally selected from the processor type.

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### 5.13 Exception Related Functions

Function: mpfr_exp_t mpfr_get_emin (void)
Function: mpfr_exp_t mpfr_get_emax (void)

  Return the (current) smallest and largest exponents allowed for a floating-point variable. The smallest positive value of a floating-point variable is one half times 2 raised to the smallest exponent and the largest value has the form (1 - epsilon) times 2 raised to the largest exponent, where epsilon depends on the precision of the considered variable.

Function: int mpfr_set_emin (mpfr_exp_t exp)
Function: int mpfr_set_emax (mpfr_exp_t exp)

  Set the smallest and largest exponents allowed for a floating-point variable. Return a non-zero value when exp is not in the range accepted by the implementation (in that case the smallest or largest exponent is not changed), and zero otherwise.

  For the subsequent operations, it is the user’s responsibility to check that any floating-point value used as an input is in the new exponent range (for example using `mpfr_check_range`). If a floating-point value outside the new exponent range is used as an input, the default behavior is undefined, in the sense of the ISO C standard; the behavior may also be explicitly documented, such as for `mpfr_check_range`.

  Note: Caches may still have values outside the current exponent range. This is not an issue as the user cannot use these caches directly via the API (MPFR extends the exponent range internally when need be).

  If `emin` > `emax` and a floating-point value needs to be produced as output, the behavior is undefined (`mpfr_set_emin` and `mpfr_set_emax` do not check this condition as it might occur between successive calls to these two functions).

Function: mpfr_exp_t mpfr_get_emin_min (void)
Function: mpfr_exp_t mpfr_get_emin_max (void)
Function: mpfr_exp_t mpfr_get_emax_min (void)
Function: mpfr_exp_t mpfr_get_emax_max (void)

  Return the minimum and maximum of the exponents allowed for `mpfr_set_emin` and `mpfr_set_emax` respectively. These values are implementation dependent, thus a program using `mpfr_set_emax(mpfr_get_emax_max())` or `mpfr_set_emin(mpfr_get_emin_min())` may not be portable.

Function: int mpfr_check_range (mpfr_t x, int t, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)

  This function assumes that x is the correctly rounded value of some real value y in the direction rnd and some extended exponent range, and that t is the corresponding ternary value. For example, one performed `t = mpfr_log (x, u, rnd)`, and y is the exact logarithm of u. Thus t is negative if x is smaller than y, positive if x is larger than y, and zero if x equals y. This function modifies x if needed to be in the current range of acceptable values: It generates an underflow or an overflow if the exponent of x is outside the current allowed range; the value of t may be used to avoid a double rounding. This function returns zero if the new value of x equals the exact one y, a positive value if that new value is larger than y, and a negative value if it is smaller than y. Note that unlike most functions, the new result x is compared to the (unknown) exact one y, not the input value x, i.e., the ternary value is propagated.

  Note: If x is an infinity and t is different from zero (i.e., if the rounded result is an inexact infinity), then the overflow flag is set. This is useful because `mpfr_check_range` is typically called (at least in MPFR functions) after restoring the flags that could have been set due to internal computations.

Function: int mpfr_subnormalize (mpfr_t x, int t, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)

  This function rounds x emulating subnormal number arithmetic: if x is outside the subnormal exponent range of the emulated floating-point system, this function just propagates the ternary value t; otherwise, it rounds x to precision `EXP(x)-emin+1` according to rounding mode rnd and previous ternary value t, avoiding double rounding problems. More precisely in the subnormal domain, denoting by e the value of `emin`, x is rounded in fixed-point arithmetic to an integer multiple of two to the power e−1; as a consequence, 1.5 multiplied by two to the power e−1 when t is zero is rounded to two to the power e with rounding to nearest.

  `PREC(x)` is not modified by this function. rnd and t must be the rounding mode and the returned ternary value used when computing x (as in `mpfr_check_range`). The subnormal exponent range is from `emin` to `emin+PREC(x)-1`. If the result cannot be represented in the current exponent range of MPFR (due to a too small `emax`), the behavior is undefined. Note that unlike most functions, the result is compared to the exact one, not the input value x, i.e., the ternary value is propagated.

  As usual, if the returned ternary value is non zero, the inexact flag is set. Moreover, if a second rounding occurred (because the input x was in the subnormal range), the underflow flag is set.

  Warning! If you change `emin` (with `mpfr_set_emin`) just before calling `mpfr_subnormalize`, you need to make sure that the value is in the current exponent range of MPFR. But it is better to change `emin` before any computation, if possible.

This is an example of how to emulate binary double IEEE 754 arithmetic (binary64 in IEEE 754-2008) using MPFR:

    {
      mpfr_t xa, xb; int i; volatile double a, b;

      mpfr_set_default_prec (53);
      mpfr_set_emin (-1073); mpfr_set_emax (1024);

      mpfr_init (xa); mpfr_init (xb);

      b = 34.3; mpfr_set_d (xb, b, MPFR_RNDN);
      a = 0x1.1235P-1021; mpfr_set_d (xa, a, MPFR_RNDN);

      a /= b;
      i = mpfr_div (xa, xa, xb, MPFR_RNDN);
      i = mpfr_subnormalize (xa, i, MPFR_RNDN); /* new ternary value */

      mpfr_clear (xa); mpfr_clear (xb);
    }

Note that `mpfr_set_emin` and `mpfr_set_emax` are called early enough in order to make sure that all computed values are in the current exponent range. Warning! This emulates a double IEEE 754 arithmetic with correct rounding in the subnormal range, which may not be the case for your hardware.

Below is another example showing how to emulate fixed-point arithmetic in a specific case. Here we compute the sine of the integers 1 to 17 with a result in a fixed-point arithmetic rounded at 2 power -42 (using the fact that the result is at most 1 in absolute value):

    {
      mpfr_t x; int i, inex;

      mpfr_set_emin (-41);
      mpfr_init2 (x, 42);
      for (i = 1; i <= 17; i++)
        {
          mpfr_set_ui (x, i, MPFR_RNDN);
          inex = mpfr_sin (x, x, MPFR_RNDZ);
          mpfr_subnormalize (x, inex, MPFR_RNDZ);
          mpfr_dump (x);
        }
      mpfr_clear (x);
    }

Function: void mpfr_clear_underflow (void)
Function: void mpfr_clear_overflow (void)
Function: void mpfr_clear_divby0 (void)
Function: void mpfr_clear_nanflag (void)
Function: void mpfr_clear_inexflag (void)
Function: void mpfr_clear_erangeflag (void)

  Clear (lower) the underflow, overflow, divide-by-zero, invalid, inexact and erange flags.

Function: void mpfr_clear_flags (void)

  Clear (lower) all global flags (underflow, overflow, divide-by-zero, invalid, inexact, erange). Note: a group of flags can be cleared by using `mpfr_flags_clear`.

Function: void mpfr_set_underflow (void)
Function: void mpfr_set_overflow (void)
Function: void mpfr_set_divby0 (void)
Function: void mpfr_set_nanflag (void)
Function: void mpfr_set_inexflag (void)
Function: void mpfr_set_erangeflag (void)

  Set (raise) the underflow, overflow, divide-by-zero, invalid, inexact and erange flags.

Function: int mpfr_underflow_p (void)
Function: int mpfr_overflow_p (void)
Function: int mpfr_divby0_p (void)
Function: int mpfr_nanflag_p (void)
Function: int mpfr_inexflag_p (void)
Function: int mpfr_erangeflag_p (void)

  Return the corresponding (underflow, overflow, divide-by-zero, invalid, inexact, erange) flag, which is non-zero iff the flag is set.

The `mpfr_flags_` functions below that take an argument mask can operate on any subset of the exception flags: a flag is part of this subset (or group) if and only if the corresponding bit of the argument mask is set. The `MPFR_FLAGS_` macros will normally be used to build this argument. See Exceptions.

Function: void mpfr_flags_clear (mpfr_flags_t mask)

  Clear (lower) the group of flags specified by mask.

Function: void mpfr_flags_set (mpfr_flags_t mask)

  Set (raise) the group of flags specified by mask.

Function: mpfr_flags_t mpfr_flags_test (mpfr_flags_t mask)

  Return the flags specified by mask. To test whether any flag from mask is set, compare the return value to 0. You can also test individual flags by AND’ing the result with `MPFR_FLAGS_` macros. Example:

      mpfr_flags_t t = mpfr_flags_test (MPFR_FLAGS_UNDERFLOW|
                                        MPFR_FLAGS_OVERFLOW)
      …
      if (t)  /* underflow and/or overflow (unlikely) */
        {
          if (t & MPFR_FLAGS_UNDERFLOW)  { /* handle underflow */ }
          if (t & MPFR_FLAGS_OVERFLOW)   { /* handle overflow  */ }
        }

Function: mpfr_flags_t mpfr_flags_save (void)

  Return all the flags. It is equivalent to `mpfr_flags_test(MPFR_FLAGS_ALL)`.

Function: void mpfr_flags_restore (mpfr_flags_t flags, mpfr_flags_t mask)

  Restore the flags specified by mask to their state represented in flags.

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### 5.14 Memory Handling Functions

These are general functions concerning memory handling (see Memory Handling, for more information).

Function: void mpfr_free_cache (void)

  Free all caches and pools used by MPFR internally (those local to the current thread and those shared by all threads). You should call this function before terminating a thread, even if you did not call `mpfr_const_*` functions directly (they could have been called internally).

Function: void mpfr_free_cache2 (mpfr_free_cache_t way)

  Free various caches and pools used by MPFR internally, as specified by way, which is a set of flags:

  - those local to the current thread if flag `MPFR_FREE_LOCAL_CACHE` is set;
  - those shared by all threads if flag `MPFR_FREE_GLOBAL_CACHE` is set.

  The other bits of way are currently ignored and are reserved for future use; they should be zero.

  Note: `mpfr_free_cache2(MPFR_FREE_LOCAL_CACHE|MPFR_FREE_GLOBAL_CACHE)` is currently equivalent to `mpfr_free_cache()`.

Function: void mpfr_free_pool (void)

  Free the pools used by MPFR internally. Note: This function is automatically called after the thread-local caches are freed (with `mpfr_free_cache` or `mpfr_free_cache2`).

Function: int mpfr_mp_memory_cleanup (void)

  This function should be called before calling `mp_set_memory_functions`. See Memory Handling, for more information. Zero is returned in case of success, non-zero in case of error. Errors are currently not possible, but checking the return value is recommended for future compatibility.

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### 5.15 Compatibility With MPF

A header file `mpf2mpfr.h` is included in the distribution of MPFR for compatibility with the GNU MP class MPF. By inserting the following two lines after the `#include <gmp.h>` line,

    #include <mpfr.h>
    #include <mpf2mpfr.h>

many programs written for MPF can be compiled directly against MPFR without any changes. All operations are then performed with the default MPFR rounding mode, which can be reset with `mpfr_set_default_rounding_mode`.

Warning! There are some differences. In particular:

- The precision is different: MPFR rounds to the exact number of bits (zeroing trailing bits in the internal representation). Users may need to increase the precision of their variables.
- The exponent range is also different.
- The formatted output functions (`gmp_printf`, etc.) will not work for arguments of arbitrary-precision floating-point type (`mpf_t`, which `mpf2mpfr.h` redefines as `mpfr_t`).
- The output of `mpf_out_str` has a format slightly different from the one of `mpfr_out_str` (concerning the position of the decimal-point character, trailing zeros and the output of the value 0).

Function: void mpfr_set_prec_raw (mpfr_t x, mpfr_prec_t prec)

  Reset the precision of x to be exactly prec bits. The only difference with `mpfr_set_prec` is that prec is assumed to be small enough so that the significand fits into the current allocated memory space for x. Otherwise the behavior is undefined.

Function: int mpfr_eq (mpfr_t op1, mpfr_t op2, unsigned long int op3)

  Return non-zero if op1 and op2 are both non-zero ordinary numbers with the same exponent and the same first op3 bits, both zero, or both infinities of the same sign. Return zero otherwise. This function is defined for compatibility with MPF, we do not recommend to use it otherwise. Do not use it either if you want to know whether two numbers are close to each other; for instance, 1.011111 and 1.100000 are regarded as different for any value of op3 larger than 1.

Function: void mpfr_reldiff (mpfr_t rop, mpfr_t op1, mpfr_t op2, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)

  Compute the relative difference between op1 and op2 and store the result in rop. This function does not guarantee the correct rounding on the relative difference; it just computes |op1-op2|/op1, using the precision of rop and the rounding mode rnd for all operations.

Function: int mpfr_mul_2exp (mpfr_t rop, mpfr_t op1, unsigned long int op2, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)
Function: int mpfr_div_2exp (mpfr_t rop, mpfr_t op1, unsigned long int op2, mpfr_rnd_t rnd)

  These functions are identical to `mpfr_mul_2ui` and `mpfr_div_2ui` respectively. These functions are only kept for compatibility with MPF, one should prefer `mpfr_mul_2ui` and `mpfr_div_2ui` otherwise.

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### 5.16 Custom Interface

Some applications use a stack to handle the memory and their objects. However, the MPFR memory design is not well suited for such a thing. So that such applications are able to use MPFR, an auxiliary memory interface has been created: the Custom Interface.

The following interface allows one to use MPFR in two ways:

- Either directly store a floating-point number as a `mpfr_t` on the stack.
- Either store its own representation on the stack and construct a new temporary `mpfr_t` each time it is needed.

Nothing has to be done to destroy the floating-point numbers except garbaging the used memory: all the memory management (allocating, destroying, garbaging) is left to the application.

Each function in this interface is also implemented as a macro for efficiency reasons: for example `mpfr_custom_init (s, p)` uses the macro, while `(mpfr_custom_init) (s, p)` uses the function.

Note 1: MPFR functions may still initialize temporary floating-point numbers using `mpfr_init` and similar functions. See Custom Allocation (GNU MP).

Note 2: MPFR functions may use the cached functions (`mpfr_const_pi` for example), even if they are not explicitly called. You have to call `mpfr_free_cache` each time you garbage the memory iff `mpfr_init`, through GMP Custom Allocation, allocates its memory on the application stack.

Function: size_t mpfr_custom_get_size (mpfr_prec_t prec)

  Return the needed size in bytes to store the significand of a floating-point number of precision prec.

Function: void mpfr_custom_init (void *significand, mpfr_prec_t prec)

  Initialize a significand of precision prec, where significand must be an area of `mpfr_custom_get_size (prec)` bytes at least and be suitably aligned for an array of `mp_limb_t` (GMP type, see Internals).

Function: void mpfr_custom_init_set (mpfr_t x, int kind, mpfr_exp_t exp, mpfr_prec_t prec, void *significand)

  Perform a dummy initialization of a `mpfr_t` and set it to:

  - if abs(kind) = `MPFR_NAN_KIND`, x is set to NaN;
  - if abs(kind) = `MPFR_INF_KIND`, x is set to the infinity of the same sign as kind;
  - if abs(kind) = `MPFR_ZERO_KIND`, x is set to the zero of the same sign as kind;
  - if abs(kind) = `MPFR_REGULAR_KIND`, x is set to the regular number whose sign is the one of kind, and whose exponent and significand are given by exp and significand.

  In all cases, significand will be used directly for further computing involving x. This function does not allocate anything. A floating-point number initialized with this function cannot be resized using `mpfr_set_prec` or `mpfr_prec_round`, or cleared using `mpfr_clear`! The significand must have been initialized with `mpfr_custom_init` using the same precision prec.

Function: int mpfr_custom_get_kind (mpfr_t x)

  Return the current kind of a `mpfr_t` as created by `mpfr_custom_init_set`. The behavior of this function for any `mpfr_t` not initialized with `mpfr_custom_init_set` is undefined.

Function: void * mpfr_custom_get_significand (mpfr_t x)

  Return a pointer to the significand used by a `mpfr_t` initialized with `mpfr_custom_init_set`. The behavior of this function for any `mpfr_t` not initialized with `mpfr_custom_init_set` is undefined.

Function: mpfr_exp_t mpfr_custom_get_exp (mpfr_t x)

  Return the exponent of x, assuming that x is a non-zero ordinary number and the significand is considered in [1/2,1). But if x is NaN, infinity or zero, contrary to `mpfr_get_exp` (where the behavior is undefined), the return value is here an unspecified, valid value of the `mpfr_exp_t` type. The behavior of this function for any `mpfr_t` not initialized with `mpfr_custom_init_set` is undefined.

Function: void mpfr_custom_move (mpfr_t x, void *new_position)

  Inform MPFR that the significand of x has moved due to a garbage collect and update its new position to `new_position`. However the application has to move the significand and the `mpfr_t` itself. The behavior of this function for any `mpfr_t` not initialized with `mpfr_custom_init_set` is undefined.

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### 5.17 Internals

A limb means the part of a multi-precision number that fits in a single word. Usually a limb contains 32 or 64 bits. The C data type for a limb is `mp_limb_t`.

The `mpfr_t` type is internally defined as a one-element array of a structure, and `mpfr_ptr` is the C data type representing a pointer to this structure. The `mpfr_t` type consists of four fields:

- The `_mpfr_prec` field is used to store the precision of the variable (in bits); this is not less than `MPFR_PREC_MIN`.
- The `_mpfr_sign` field is used to store the sign of the variable.
- The `_mpfr_exp` field stores the exponent. An exponent of 0 means a radix point just above the most significant limb. Non-zero values n are a multiplier 2^n relative to that point. A NaN, an infinity and a zero are indicated by special values of the exponent field.
- Finally, the `_mpfr_d` field is a pointer to the limbs, least significant limbs stored first. The number of limbs in use is controlled by `_mpfr_prec`, namely ceil(`_mpfr_prec`/`mp_bits_per_limb`). Non-singular (i.e., different from NaN, Infinity or zero) values always have the most significant bit of the most significant limb set to 1. When the precision does not correspond to a whole number of limbs, the excess bits at the low end of the data are zeros.

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## 6 API Compatibility

The goal of this section is to describe some API changes that occurred from one version of MPFR to another, and how to write code that can be compiled and run with older MPFR versions. The minimum MPFR version that is considered here is 2.2.0 (released on 20 September 2005).

API changes can only occur between major or minor versions. Thus the patchlevel (the third number in the MPFR version) will be ignored in the following. If a program does not use MPFR internals, changes in the behavior between two versions differing only by the patchlevel should only result from what was regarded as a bug or unspecified behavior.

As a general rule, a program written for some MPFR version should work with later versions, possibly except at a new major version, where some features (described as obsolete for some time) can be removed. In such a case, a failure should occur during compilation or linking. If a result becomes incorrect because of such a change, please look at the various changes below (they are minimal, and most software should be unaffected), at the FAQ and at the MPFR web page for your version (a bug could have been introduced and be already fixed); and if the problem is not mentioned, please send us a bug report (see Reporting Bugs).

However, a program written for the current MPFR version (as documented by this manual) may not necessarily work with previous versions of MPFR. This section should help developers to write portable code.

Note: Information given here may be incomplete. API changes are also described in the NEWS file (for each version, instead of being classified like here), together with other changes.

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### 6.1 Type and Macro Changes

The official type for exponent values changed from `mp_exp_t` to `mpfr_exp_t` in MPFR 3.0. The type `mp_exp_t` will remain available as it comes from GMP (with a different meaning). These types are currently the same (`mpfr_exp_t` is defined as `mp_exp_t` with `typedef`), so that programs can still use `mp_exp_t`; but this may change in the future. Alternatively, using the following code after including `mpfr.h` will work with official MPFR versions, as `mpfr_exp_t` was never defined in MPFR 2.x:

    #if MPFR_VERSION_MAJOR < 3
    typedef mp_exp_t mpfr_exp_t;
    #endif

The official types for precision values and for rounding modes respectively changed from `mp_prec_t` and `mp_rnd_t` to `mpfr_prec_t` and `mpfr_rnd_t` in MPFR 3.0. This change was actually done a long time ago in MPFR, at least since MPFR 2.2.0, with the following code in `mpfr.h`:

    #ifndef mp_rnd_t
    # define mp_rnd_t  mpfr_rnd_t
    #endif
    #ifndef mp_prec_t
    # define mp_prec_t mpfr_prec_t
    #endif

This means that it is safe to use the new official types `mpfr_prec_t` and `mpfr_rnd_t` in your programs. The types `mp_prec_t` and `mp_rnd_t` (defined in MPFR only) may be removed in the future, as the prefix `mp_` is reserved by GMP.

The precision type `mpfr_prec_t` (`mp_prec_t`) was unsigned before MPFR 3.0; it is now signed. `MPFR_PREC_MAX` has not changed, though. Indeed the MPFR code requires that `MPFR_PREC_MAX` be representable in the exponent type, which may have the same size as `mpfr_prec_t` but has always been signed. The consequence is that valid code that does not assume anything about the signedness of `mpfr_prec_t` should work with past and new MPFR versions. This change was useful as the use of unsigned types tends to convert signed values to unsigned ones in expressions due to the usual arithmetic conversions, which can yield incorrect results if a negative value is converted in such a way. Warning! A program assuming (intentionally or not) that `mpfr_prec_t` is signed may be affected by this problem when it is built and run against MPFR 2.x.

The rounding modes `GMP_RNDx` were renamed to `MPFR_RNDx` in MPFR 3.0. However the old names `GMP_RNDx` have been kept for compatibility (this might change in future versions), using:

    #define GMP_RNDN MPFR_RNDN
    #define GMP_RNDZ MPFR_RNDZ
    #define GMP_RNDU MPFR_RNDU
    #define GMP_RNDD MPFR_RNDD

The rounding mode “round away from zero” (`MPFR_RNDA`) was added in MPFR 3.0 (however no rounding mode `GMP_RNDA` exists). Faithful rounding (`MPFR_RNDF`) was added in MPFR 4.0, but currently, it is partially supported.

The flags-related macros, whose name starts with `MPFR_FLAGS_`, were added in MPFR 4.0 (for the new functions `mpfr_flags_clear`, `mpfr_flags_restore`, `mpfr_flags_set` and `mpfr_flags_test`, in particular).

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### 6.2 Added Functions

We give here in alphabetical order the functions (and function-like macros) that were added after MPFR 2.2, and in which MPFR version.

- `mpfr_add_d` in MPFR 2.4.
- `mpfr_ai` in MPFR 3.0 (incomplete, experimental).
- `mpfr_asprintf` in MPFR 2.4.
- `mpfr_beta` in MPFR 4.0 (incomplete, experimental).
- `mpfr_buildopt_decimal_p` in MPFR 3.0.
- `mpfr_buildopt_float128_p` in MPFR 4.0.
- `mpfr_buildopt_gmpinternals_p` in MPFR 3.1.
- `mpfr_buildopt_sharedcache_p` in MPFR 4.0.
- `mpfr_buildopt_tls_p` in MPFR 3.0.
- `mpfr_buildopt_tune_case` in MPFR 3.1.
- `mpfr_clear_divby0` in MPFR 3.1 (new divide-by-zero exception).
- `mpfr_cmpabs_ui` in MPFR 4.1.
- `mpfr_copysign` in MPFR 2.3. Note: MPFR 2.2 had a `mpfr_copysign` function that was available, but not documented, and with a slight difference in the semantics (when the second input operand is a NaN).
- `mpfr_custom_get_significand` in MPFR 3.0. This function was named `mpfr_custom_get_mantissa` in previous versions; `mpfr_custom_get_mantissa` is still available via a macro in `mpfr.h`:

      #define mpfr_custom_get_mantissa mpfr_custom_get_significand

  Thus code that needs to work with both MPFR 2.x and MPFR 3.x should use `mpfr_custom_get_mantissa`.

- `mpfr_d_div` and `mpfr_d_sub` in MPFR 2.4.
- `mpfr_digamma` in MPFR 3.0.
- `mpfr_divby0_p` in MPFR 3.1 (new divide-by-zero exception).
- `mpfr_div_d` in MPFR 2.4.
- `mpfr_dot` in MPFR 4.1 (incomplete, experimental).
- `mpfr_erandom` in MPFR 4.0.
- `mpfr_flags_clear`, `mpfr_flags_restore`, `mpfr_flags_save`, `mpfr_flags_set` and `mpfr_flags_test` in MPFR 4.0.
- `mpfr_fmma` and `mpfr_fmms` in MPFR 4.0.
- `mpfr_fmod` in MPFR 2.4.
- `mpfr_fmodquo` in MPFR 4.0.
- `mpfr_fms` in MPFR 2.3.
- `mpfr_fpif_export` and `mpfr_fpif_import` in MPFR 4.0.
- `mpfr_fprintf` in MPFR 2.4.
- `mpfr_free_cache2` in MPFR 4.0.
- `mpfr_free_pool` in MPFR 4.0.
- `mpfr_frexp` in MPFR 3.1.
- `mpfr_gamma_inc` in MPFR 4.0.
- `mpfr_get_decimal128` in MPFR 4.1.
- `mpfr_get_float128` in MPFR 4.0 if configured with ‘`--enable-float128`’.
- `mpfr_get_flt` in MPFR 3.0.
- `mpfr_get_patches` in MPFR 2.3.
- `mpfr_get_q` in MPFR 4.0.
- `mpfr_get_str_ndigits` in MPFR 4.1.
- `mpfr_get_z_2exp` in MPFR 3.0. This function was named `mpfr_get_z_exp` in previous versions; `mpfr_get_z_exp` is still available via a macro in `mpfr.h`:

      #define mpfr_get_z_exp mpfr_get_z_2exp

  Thus code that needs to work with both MPFR 2.x and MPFR 3.x should use `mpfr_get_z_exp`.

- `mpfr_grandom` in MPFR 3.1.
- `mpfr_j0`, `mpfr_j1` and `mpfr_jn` in MPFR 2.3.
- `mpfr_lgamma` in MPFR 2.3.
- `mpfr_li2` in MPFR 2.4.
- `mpfr_log_ui` in MPFR 4.0.
- `mpfr_min_prec` in MPFR 3.0.
- `mpfr_modf` in MPFR 2.4.
- `mpfr_mp_memory_cleanup` in MPFR 4.0.
- `mpfr_mul_d` in MPFR 2.4.
- `mpfr_nrandom` in MPFR 4.0.
- `mpfr_printf` in MPFR 2.4.
- `mpfr_rec_sqrt` in MPFR 2.4.
- `mpfr_regular_p` in MPFR 3.0.
- `mpfr_remainder` and `mpfr_remquo` in MPFR 2.3.
- `mpfr_rint_roundeven` and `mpfr_roundeven` in MPFR 4.0.
- `mpfr_round_nearest_away` in MPFR 4.0.
- `mpfr_rootn_ui` in MPFR 4.0.
- `mpfr_set_decimal128` in MPFR 4.1.
- `mpfr_set_divby0` in MPFR 3.1 (new divide-by-zero exception).
- `mpfr_set_float128` in MPFR 4.0 if configured with ‘`--enable-float128`’.
- `mpfr_set_flt` in MPFR 3.0.
- `mpfr_set_z_2exp` in MPFR 3.0.
- `mpfr_set_zero` in MPFR 3.0.
- `mpfr_setsign` in MPFR 2.3.
- `mpfr_signbit` in MPFR 2.3.
- `mpfr_sinh_cosh` in MPFR 2.4.
- `mpfr_snprintf` and `mpfr_sprintf` in MPFR 2.4.
- `mpfr_sub_d` in MPFR 2.4.
- `mpfr_total_order_p` in MPFR 4.1.
- `mpfr_urandom` in MPFR 3.0.
- `mpfr_vasprintf`, `mpfr_vfprintf`, `mpfr_vprintf`, `mpfr_vsprintf` and `mpfr_vsnprintf` in MPFR 2.4.
- `mpfr_y0`, `mpfr_y1` and `mpfr_yn` in MPFR 2.3.
- `mpfr_z_sub` in MPFR 3.1.

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### 6.3 Changed Functions

The following functions have changed after MPFR 2.2. Changes can affect the behavior of code written for some MPFR version when built and run against another MPFR version (older or newer), as described below.

- The formatted output functions (`mpfr_printf`, etc.) have slightly changed in MPFR 4.1 in the case where the precision field is empty: trailing zeros were not output with the conversion specifier ‘`e`’ / ‘`E`’ (the chosen precision was not fully specified and it depended on the input value), and also on the value zero with the conversion specifiers ‘`f`’ / ‘`F`’ / ‘`g`’ / ‘`G`’ (this could partly be regarded as a bug); they are now kept in a way similar to the formatted output functions from C.
- `mpfr_abs`, `mpfr_neg` and `mpfr_set` changed in MPFR 4.0. In previous MPFR versions, the sign bit of a NaN was unspecified; however, in practice, it was set as now specified except for `mpfr_neg` with a reused argument: `mpfr_neg(x,x,rnd)`.
- `mpfr_check_range` changed in MPFR 2.3.2 and MPFR 2.4. If the value is an inexact infinity, the overflow flag is now set (in case it was lost), while it was previously left unchanged. This is really what is expected in practice (and what the MPFR code was expecting), so that the previous behavior was regarded as a bug. Hence the change in MPFR 2.3.2.
- `mpfr_eint` changed in MPFR 4.0. This function now returns the value of the E1/eint1 function for negative argument (before MPFR 4.0, it was returning NaN).
- `mpfr_get_f` changed in MPFR 3.0. This function was returning zero, except for NaN and Inf, which do not exist in MPF. The erange flag is now set in these cases, and `mpfr_get_f` now returns the usual ternary value.
- `mpfr_get_si`, `mpfr_get_sj`, `mpfr_get_ui` and `mpfr_get_uj` changed in MPFR 3.0. In previous MPFR versions, the cases where the erange flag is set were unspecified.
- `mpfr_get_str` changed in MPFR 4.0. This function now sets the NaN flag on NaN input (to follow the usual MPFR rules on NaN and IEEE 754-2008 recommendations on string conversions from Subclause 5.12.1) and sets the inexact flag when the conversion is inexact.
- `mpfr_get_z` changed in MPFR 3.0. The return type was `void`; it is now `int`, and the usual ternary value is returned. Thus programs that need to work with both MPFR 2.x and 3.x must not use the return value. Even in this case, C code using `mpfr_get_z` as the second or third term of a conditional operator may also be affected. For instance, the following is correct with MPFR 3.0, but not with MPFR 2.x:

        bool ? mpfr_get_z(...) : mpfr_add(...);

  On the other hand, the following is correct with MPFR 2.x, but not with MPFR 3.0:

        bool ? mpfr_get_z(...) : (void) mpfr_add(...);

  Portable code should cast `mpfr_get_z(...)` to `void` to use the type `void` for both terms of the conditional operator, as in:

        bool ? (void) mpfr_get_z(...) : (void) mpfr_add(...);

  Alternatively, `if ... else` can be used instead of the conditional operator.

  Moreover the cases where the erange flag is set were unspecified in MPFR 2.x.

- `mpfr_get_z_exp` changed in MPFR 3.0. In previous MPFR versions, the cases where the erange flag is set were unspecified. Note: this function has been renamed to `mpfr_get_z_2exp` in MPFR 3.0, but `mpfr_get_z_exp` is still available for compatibility reasons.
- `mpfr_out_str` changed in MPFR 4.1. The argument base can now be negative (from −2 to −36), in order to follow `mpfr_get_str` and GMP’s `mpf_out_str` functions.
- `mpfr_set_exp` changed in MPFR 4.0. Before MPFR 4.0, the exponent was set whatever the contents of the MPFR object in argument. In practice, this could be useful as a low-level function when the MPFR number was being constructed by setting the fields of its internal structure, but the API does not provide a way to do this except by using internals. Thus, for the API, this behavior was useless and could quickly lead to undefined behavior due to the fact that the generated value could have an invalid format if the MPFR object contained a special value (NaN, infinity or zero).
- `mpfr_strtofr` changed in MPFR 2.3.1 and MPFR 2.4. This was actually a bug fix since the code and the documentation did not match. But both were changed in order to have a more consistent and useful behavior. The main changes in the code are as follows. The binary exponent is now accepted even without the `0b` or `0x` prefix. Data corresponding to NaN can now have an optional sign (such data were previously invalid).
- `mpfr_strtofr` changed in MPFR 3.0. This function now accepts bases from 37 to 62 (no changes for the other bases). Note: if an unsupported base is provided to this function, the behavior is undefined; more precisely, in MPFR 2.3.1 and later, providing an unsupported base yields an assertion failure (this behavior may change in the future).
- `mpfr_subnormalize` changed in MPFR 3.1. This was actually regarded as a bug fix. The `mpfr_subnormalize` implementation up to MPFR 3.0.0 did not change the flags. In particular, it did not follow the generic rule concerning the inexact flag (and no special behavior was specified). The case of the underflow flag was more a lack of specification.
- `mpfr_sum` changed in MPFR 4.0. The `mpfr_sum` function has completely been rewritten for MPFR 4.0, with an update of the specification: the sign of an exact zero result is now specified, and the return value is now the usual ternary value. The old `mpfr_sum` implementation could also take all the memory and crash on inputs of very different magnitude.
- `mpfr_urandom` and `mpfr_urandomb` changed in MPFR 3.1. Their behavior no longer depends on the platform (assuming this is also true for GMP’s random generator, which is not the case between GMP 4.1 and 4.2 if `gmp_randinit_default` is used). As a consequence, the returned values can be different between MPFR 3.1 and previous MPFR versions. Note: as the reproducibility of these functions was not specified before MPFR 3.1, the MPFR 3.1 behavior is not regarded as backward incompatible with previous versions.
- `mpfr_urandom` changed in MPFR 4.0. The next random state no longer depends on the current exponent range and the rounding mode. The exceptions due to the rounding of the random number are now correctly generated, following the uniform distribution. As a consequence, the returned values can be different between MPFR 4.0 and previous MPFR versions.

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### 6.4 Removed Functions

Functions `mpfr_random` and `mpfr_random2` have been removed in MPFR 3.0 (this only affects old code built against MPFR 3.0 or later). (The function `mpfr_random` had been deprecated since at least MPFR 2.2.0, and `mpfr_random2` since MPFR 2.4.0.)

Macros `mpfr_add_one_ulp` and `mpfr_sub_one_ulp` have been removed in MPFR 4.0. They were no longer documented since MPFR 2.1.0 and were announced as deprecated since MPFR 3.1.0.

Function `mpfr_grandom` is marked as deprecated in MPFR 4.0. It will be removed in a future release.

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### 6.5 Other Changes

For users of a C++ compiler, the way how the availability of `intmax_t` is detected has changed in MPFR 3.0. In MPFR 2.x, if a macro `INTMAX_C` or `UINTMAX_C` was defined (e.g. when the `__STDC_CONSTANT_MACROS` macro had been defined before `<stdint.h>` or `<inttypes.h>` has been included), `intmax_t` was assumed to be defined. However this was not always the case (more precisely, `intmax_t` can be defined only in the namespace `std`, as with Boost), so that compilations could fail. Thus the check for `INTMAX_C` or `UINTMAX_C` is now disabled for C++ compilers, with the following consequences:

- Programs written for MPFR 2.x that need `intmax_t` may no longer be compiled against MPFR 3.0: a `#define MPFR_USE_INTMAX_T` may be necessary before `mpfr.h` is included.
- The compilation of programs that work with MPFR 3.0 may fail with MPFR 2.x due to the problem described above. Workarounds are possible, such as defining `intmax_t` and `uintmax_t` in the global namespace, though this is not clean.

The divide-by-zero exception is new in MPFR 3.1. However it should not introduce incompatible changes for programs that strictly follow the MPFR API since the exception can only be seen via new functions.

As of MPFR 3.1, the `mpfr.h` header can be included several times, while still supporting optional functions (see Headers and Libraries).

The way memory is allocated by MPFR should be regarded as well-specified only as of MPFR 4.0.

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## 7 MPFR and the IEEE 754 Standard

This section describes differences between MPFR and the IEEE 754 standard, and behaviors that are not specified yet in IEEE 754.

The MPFR numbers do not include subnormals. The reason is that subnormals are less useful than in IEEE 754 as the default exponent range in MPFR is large and they would have made the implementation more complex. However, subnormals can be emulated using `mpfr_subnormalize`.

MPFR has a single NaN. The behavior is similar either to a signaling NaN or to a quiet NaN, depending on the context. For any function returning a NaN (either produced or propagated), the NaN flag is set, while in IEEE 754, some operations are quiet (even on a signaling NaN).

The `mpfr_rec_sqrt` function differs from IEEE 754 on −0, where it gives +Inf (like for +0), following the usual limit rules, instead of −Inf.

The `mpfr_root` function predates IEEE 754-2008 and behaves differently from its rootn operation. It is deprecated and `mpfr_rootn_ui` should be used instead.

Operations with an unsigned zero: For functions taking an argument of integer or rational type, a zero of such a type is unsigned unlike the floating-point zero (this includes the zero of type `unsigned long`, which is a mathematical, exact zero, as opposed to a floating-point zero, which may come from an underflow and whose sign would correspond to the sign of the real non-zero value). Unless documented otherwise, this zero is regarded as +0, as if it were first converted to a MPFR number with `mpfr_set_ui` or `mpfr_set_si` (thus the result may not agree with the usual limit rules applied to a mathematical zero). This is not the case of addition and subtraction (`mpfr_add_ui`, etc.), but for these functions, only the sign of a zero result would be affected, with +0 and −0 considered equal. Such operations are currently out of the scope of the IEEE 754 standard, and at the time of specification in MPFR, the Floating-Point Working Group in charge of the revision of IEEE 754 did not want to discuss issues with non-floating-point types in general.

Note also that some obvious differences may come from the fact that in MPFR, each variable has its own precision. For instance, a subtraction of two numbers of the same sign may yield an overflow; idem for a call to `mpfr_set`, `mpfr_neg` or `mpfr_abs`, if the destination variable has a smaller precision.

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## Contributors

The main developers of MPFR are Guillaume Hanrot, Vincent Lefèvre, Patrick Pélissier, Philippe Théveny and Paul Zimmermann.

Sylvie Boldo from ENS-Lyon, France, contributed the functions `mpfr_agm` and `mpfr_log`. Sylvain Chevillard contributed the `mpfr_ai` function. David Daney contributed the hyperbolic and inverse hyperbolic functions, the base-2 exponential, and the factorial function. Alain Delplanque contributed the new version of the `mpfr_get_str` function. Mathieu Dutour contributed the functions `mpfr_acos`, `mpfr_asin` and `mpfr_atan`, and a previous version of `mpfr_gamma`. Laurent Fousse contributed the original version of the `mpfr_sum` function (used up to MPFR 3.1). Emmanuel Jeandel, from ENS-Lyon too, contributed the generic hypergeometric code, as well as the internal function `mpfr_exp3`, a first implementation of the sine and cosine, and improved versions of `mpfr_const_log2` and `mpfr_const_pi`. Ludovic Meunier helped in the design of the `mpfr_erf` code. Jean-Luc Rémy contributed the `mpfr_zeta` code. Fabrice Rouillier contributed the `mpfr_xxx_z` and `mpfr_xxx_q` functions, and helped to the Microsoft Windows porting. Damien Stehlé contributed the `mpfr_get_ld_2exp` function. Charles Karney contributed the `mpfr_nrandom` and `mpfr_erandom` functions.

We would like to thank Jean-Michel Muller and Joris van der Hoeven for very fruitful discussions at the beginning of that project, Torbjörn Granlund and Kevin Ryde for their help about design issues, and Nathalie Revol for her careful reading of a previous version of this documentation. In particular Kevin Ryde did a tremendous job for the portability of MPFR in 2002-2004.

The development of the MPFR library would not have been possible without the continuous support of INRIA, and of the LORIA (Nancy, France) and LIP (Lyon, France) laboratories. In particular the main authors were or are members of the PolKA, Spaces, Cacao, Caramel and Caramba project-teams at LORIA and of the Arénaire and AriC project-teams at LIP. This project was started during the Fiable (reliable in French) action supported by INRIA, and continued during the AOC action. The development of MPFR was also supported by a grant (202F0659 00 MPN 121) from the Conseil Régional de Lorraine in 2002, from INRIA by an "associate engineer" grant (2003-2005), an "opération de développement logiciel" grant (2007-2009), and the post-doctoral grant of Sylvain Chevillard in 2009-2010. The MPFR-MPC workshop in June 2012 was partly supported by the ERC grant ANTICS of Andreas Enge. The MPFR-MPC workshop in January 2013 was partly supported by the ERC grant ANTICS, the GDR IM and the Caramel project-team, during which Mickaël Gastineau contributed the MPFRbench program, Fredrik Johansson a faster version of `mpfr_const_euler`, and Jianyang Pan a formally proven version of the `mpfr_add1sp1` internal routine.

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## References

- Richard Brent and Paul Zimmermann, "Modern Computer Arithmetic", Cambridge University Press, Cambridge Monographs on Applied and Computational Mathematics, Number 18, 2010. Electronic version freely available at https://members.loria.fr/PZimmermann/mca/pub226.html.
- Laurent Fousse, Guillaume Hanrot, Vincent Lefèvre, Patrick Pélissier and Paul Zimmermann, "MPFR: A Multiple-Precision Binary Floating-Point Library With Correct Rounding", ACM Transactions on Mathematical Software, volume 33, issue 2, article 13, 15 pages, 2007, https://doi.org/10.1145/1236463.1236468.
- Torbjörn Granlund, "GNU MP: The GNU Multiple Precision Arithmetic Library", version 6.1.2, 2016, https://gmplib.org/.
- IEEE standard for binary floating-point arithmetic, Technical Report ANSI-IEEE Standard 754-1985, New York, 1985. Approved March 21, 1985: IEEE Standards Board; approved July 26, 1985: American National Standards Institute, 18 pages.
- IEEE Standard for Floating-Point Arithmetic, ANSI-IEEE Standard 754-2008, 2008. Revision of ANSI-IEEE Standard 754-1985, approved June 12, 2008: IEEE Standards Board, 70 pages.
- Donald E. Knuth, "The Art of Computer Programming", vol 2, "Seminumerical Algorithms", 2nd edition, Addison-Wesley, 1981.
- Jean-Michel Muller, "Elementary Functions, Algorithms and Implementation", Birkhäuser, Boston, 3rd edition, 2016.
- Jean-Michel Muller, Nicolas Brisebarre, Florent de Dinechin, Claude-Pierre Jeannerod, Vincent Lefèvre, Guillaume Melquiond, Nathalie Revol, Damien Stehlé and Serge Torrès, "Handbook of Floating-Point Arithmetic", Birkhäuser, Boston, 2009.

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## Concept Index

Jump to: | A C E F G I L M O P R S T U

| Index Entry |  | Section
A |  |
| Accuracy: |  | MPFR Interface
| Arithmetic functions: |  | Arithmetic Functions
| Assignment functions: |  | Assignment Functions
C |  |
| Combined initialization and assignment functions: |  | Combined Initialization and Assignment Functions
| Comparison functions: |  | Comparison Functions
| Compatibility with MPF: |  | Compatibility with MPF
| Conditions for copying MPFR: |  | Copying
| Conversion functions: |  | Conversion Functions
| Copying conditions: |  | Copying
| Custom interface: |  | Custom Interface
E |  |
| Exception related functions: |  | Exception Related Functions
| Exponent: |  | Nomenclature and Types
F |  |
| Floating-point functions: |  | MPFR Interface
| Floating-point number: |  | Nomenclature and Types
G |  |
| GNU Free Documentation License: |  | GNU Free Documentation License
| GNU Free Documentation License: |  | GNU Free Documentation License
| Group of flags: |  | Nomenclature and Types
I |  |
| I/O functions: |  | Input and Output Functions
| I/O functions: |  | Formatted Output Functions
| Initialization functions: |  | Initialization Functions
| Input functions: |  | Input and Output Functions
| Installation: |  | Installing MPFR
| Integer related functions: |  | Integer and Remainder Related Functions
| Internals: |  | Internals
| `intmax_t`: |  | Headers and Libraries
| `inttypes.h`: |  | Headers and Libraries
L |  |
| `libmpfr`: |  | Headers and Libraries
| Libraries: |  | Headers and Libraries
| Libtool: |  | Headers and Libraries
| Limb: |  | Internals
| Linking: |  | Headers and Libraries
M |  |
| Memory handling functions: |  | Memory Handling Functions
| Miscellaneous float functions: |  | Miscellaneous Functions
| `mpfr.h`: |  | Headers and Libraries
O |  |
| Output functions: |  | Input and Output Functions
| Output functions: |  | Formatted Output Functions
P |  |
| Precision: |  | Nomenclature and Types
| Precision: |  | MPFR Interface
R |  |
| Regular number: |  | Nomenclature and Types
| Remainder related functions: |  | Integer and Remainder Related Functions
| Reporting bugs: |  | Reporting Bugs
| Rounding: |  | Nomenclature and Types
| Rounding mode related functions: |  | Rounding-Related Functions
S |  |
| `stdarg.h`: |  | Headers and Libraries
| `stdint.h`: |  | Headers and Libraries
| `stdio.h`: |  | Headers and Libraries
T |  |
| Ternary value: |  | Rounding
| Transcendental functions: |  | Transcendental Functions
U |  |
| `uintmax_t`: |  | Headers and Libraries

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## Function and Type Index

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| Index Entry |  | Section
M |  |
| `mpfr_abs`: |  | Arithmetic Functions
| `mpfr_acos`: |  | Transcendental Functions
| `mpfr_acosh`: |  | Transcendental Functions
| `mpfr_add`: |  | Arithmetic Functions
| `mpfr_add_d`: |  | Arithmetic Functions
| `mpfr_add_q`: |  | Arithmetic Functions
| `mpfr_add_si`: |  | Arithmetic Functions
| `mpfr_add_ui`: |  | Arithmetic Functions
| `mpfr_add_z`: |  | Arithmetic Functions
| `mpfr_agm`: |  | Transcendental Functions
| `mpfr_ai`: |  | Transcendental Functions
| `mpfr_asin`: |  | Transcendental Functions
| `mpfr_asinh`: |  | Transcendental Functions
| `mpfr_asprintf`: |  | Formatted Output Functions
| `mpfr_atan`: |  | Transcendental Functions
| `mpfr_atan2`: |  | Transcendental Functions
| `mpfr_atanh`: |  | Transcendental Functions
| `mpfr_beta`: |  | Transcendental Functions
| `mpfr_buildopt_decimal_p`: |  | Miscellaneous Functions
| `mpfr_buildopt_float128_p`: |  | Miscellaneous Functions
| `mpfr_buildopt_gmpinternals_p`: |  | Miscellaneous Functions
| `mpfr_buildopt_sharedcache_p`: |  | Miscellaneous Functions
| `mpfr_buildopt_tls_p`: |  | Miscellaneous Functions
| `mpfr_buildopt_tune_case`: |  | Miscellaneous Functions
| `mpfr_can_round`: |  | Rounding-Related Functions
| `mpfr_cbrt`: |  | Arithmetic Functions
| `mpfr_ceil`: |  | Integer and Remainder Related Functions
| `mpfr_check_range`: |  | Exception Related Functions
| `mpfr_clear`: |  | Initialization Functions
| `mpfr_clears`: |  | Initialization Functions
| `mpfr_clear_divby0`: |  | Exception Related Functions
| `mpfr_clear_erangeflag`: |  | Exception Related Functions
| `mpfr_clear_flags`: |  | Exception Related Functions
| `mpfr_clear_inexflag`: |  | Exception Related Functions
| `mpfr_clear_nanflag`: |  | Exception Related Functions
| `mpfr_clear_overflow`: |  | Exception Related Functions
| `mpfr_clear_underflow`: |  | Exception Related Functions
| `mpfr_cmp`: |  | Comparison Functions
| `mpfr_cmpabs`: |  | Comparison Functions
| `mpfr_cmpabs_ui`: |  | Comparison Functions
| `mpfr_cmp_d`: |  | Comparison Functions
| `mpfr_cmp_f`: |  | Comparison Functions
| `mpfr_cmp_ld`: |  | Comparison Functions
| `mpfr_cmp_q`: |  | Comparison Functions
| `mpfr_cmp_si`: |  | Comparison Functions
| `mpfr_cmp_si_2exp`: |  | Comparison Functions
| `mpfr_cmp_ui`: |  | Comparison Functions
| `mpfr_cmp_ui_2exp`: |  | Comparison Functions
| `mpfr_cmp_z`: |  | Comparison Functions
| `mpfr_const_catalan`: |  | Transcendental Functions
| `mpfr_const_euler`: |  | Transcendental Functions
| `mpfr_const_log2`: |  | Transcendental Functions
| `mpfr_const_pi`: |  | Transcendental Functions
| `mpfr_copysign`: |  | Miscellaneous Functions
| `mpfr_cos`: |  | Transcendental Functions
| `mpfr_cosh`: |  | Transcendental Functions
| `mpfr_cot`: |  | Transcendental Functions
| `mpfr_coth`: |  | Transcendental Functions
| `mpfr_csc`: |  | Transcendental Functions
| `mpfr_csch`: |  | Transcendental Functions
| `mpfr_custom_get_exp`: |  | Custom Interface
| `mpfr_custom_get_kind`: |  | Custom Interface
| `mpfr_custom_get_significand`: |  | Custom Interface
| `mpfr_custom_get_size`: |  | Custom Interface
| `mpfr_custom_init`: |  | Custom Interface
| `mpfr_custom_init_set`: |  | Custom Interface
| `mpfr_custom_move`: |  | Custom Interface
| `MPFR_DECL_INIT`: |  | Initialization Functions
| `mpfr_digamma`: |  | Transcendental Functions
| `mpfr_dim`: |  | Arithmetic Functions
| `mpfr_div`: |  | Arithmetic Functions
| `mpfr_divby0_p`: |  | Exception Related Functions
| `mpfr_div_2exp`: |  | Compatibility with MPF
| `mpfr_div_2si`: |  | Arithmetic Functions
| `mpfr_div_2ui`: |  | Arithmetic Functions
| `mpfr_div_d`: |  | Arithmetic Functions
| `mpfr_div_q`: |  | Arithmetic Functions
| `mpfr_div_si`: |  | Arithmetic Functions
| `mpfr_div_ui`: |  | Arithmetic Functions
| `mpfr_div_z`: |  | Arithmetic Functions
| `mpfr_dot`: |  | Arithmetic Functions
| `mpfr_dump`: |  | Input and Output Functions
| `mpfr_d_div`: |  | Arithmetic Functions
| `mpfr_d_sub`: |  | Arithmetic Functions
| `mpfr_eint`: |  | Transcendental Functions
| `mpfr_eq`: |  | Compatibility with MPF
| `mpfr_equal_p`: |  | Comparison Functions
| `mpfr_erandom`: |  | Miscellaneous Functions
| `mpfr_erangeflag_p`: |  | Exception Related Functions
| `mpfr_erf`: |  | Transcendental Functions
| `mpfr_erfc`: |  | Transcendental Functions
| `mpfr_exp`: |  | Transcendental Functions
| `mpfr_exp10`: |  | Transcendental Functions
| `mpfr_exp2`: |  | Transcendental Functions
| `mpfr_expm1`: |  | Transcendental Functions
| `mpfr_exp_t`: |  | Nomenclature and Types
| `mpfr_fac_ui`: |  | Arithmetic Functions
| `mpfr_fits_intmax_p`: |  | Conversion Functions
| `mpfr_fits_sint_p`: |  | Conversion Functions
| `mpfr_fits_slong_p`: |  | Conversion Functions
| `mpfr_fits_sshort_p`: |  | Conversion Functions
| `mpfr_fits_uintmax_p`: |  | Conversion Functions
| `mpfr_fits_uint_p`: |  | Conversion Functions
| `mpfr_fits_ulong_p`: |  | Conversion Functions
| `mpfr_fits_ushort_p`: |  | Conversion Functions
| `mpfr_flags_clear`: |  | Exception Related Functions
| `mpfr_flags_restore`: |  | Exception Related Functions
| `mpfr_flags_save`: |  | Exception Related Functions
| `mpfr_flags_set`: |  | Exception Related Functions
| `mpfr_flags_t`: |  | Nomenclature and Types
| `mpfr_flags_test`: |  | Exception Related Functions
| `mpfr_floor`: |  | Integer and Remainder Related Functions
| `mpfr_fma`: |  | Arithmetic Functions
| `mpfr_fmma`: |  | Arithmetic Functions
| `mpfr_fmms`: |  | Arithmetic Functions
| `mpfr_fmod`: |  | Integer and Remainder Related Functions
| `mpfr_fmodquo`: |  | Integer and Remainder Related Functions
| `mpfr_fms`: |  | Arithmetic Functions
| `mpfr_fpif_export`: |  | Input and Output Functions
| `mpfr_fpif_import`: |  | Input and Output Functions
| `mpfr_fprintf`: |  | Formatted Output Functions
| `mpfr_frac`: |  | Integer and Remainder Related Functions
| `mpfr_free_cache`: |  | Memory Handling Functions
| `mpfr_free_cache2`: |  | Memory Handling Functions
| `mpfr_free_pool`: |  | Memory Handling Functions
| `mpfr_free_str`: |  | Conversion Functions
| `mpfr_frexp`: |  | Conversion Functions
| `mpfr_gamma`: |  | Transcendental Functions
| `mpfr_gamma_inc`: |  | Transcendental Functions
| `mpfr_get_d`: |  | Conversion Functions
| `mpfr_get_decimal128`: |  | Conversion Functions
| `mpfr_get_decimal64`: |  | Conversion Functions
| `mpfr_get_default_prec`: |  | Initialization Functions
| `mpfr_get_default_rounding_mode`: |  | Rounding-Related Functions
| `mpfr_get_d_2exp`: |  | Conversion Functions
| `mpfr_get_emax`: |  | Exception Related Functions
| `mpfr_get_emax_max`: |  | Exception Related Functions
| `mpfr_get_emax_min`: |  | Exception Related Functions
| `mpfr_get_emin`: |  | Exception Related Functions
| `mpfr_get_emin_max`: |  | Exception Related Functions
| `mpfr_get_emin_min`: |  | Exception Related Functions
| `mpfr_get_exp`: |  | Miscellaneous Functions
| `mpfr_get_f`: |  | Conversion Functions
| `mpfr_get_float128`: |  | Conversion Functions
| `mpfr_get_flt`: |  | Conversion Functions
| `mpfr_get_ld`: |  | Conversion Functions
| `mpfr_get_ld_2exp`: |  | Conversion Functions
| `mpfr_get_patches`: |  | Miscellaneous Functions
| `mpfr_get_prec`: |  | Initialization Functions
| `mpfr_get_q`: |  | Conversion Functions
| `mpfr_get_si`: |  | Conversion Functions
| `mpfr_get_sj`: |  | Conversion Functions
| `mpfr_get_str`: |  | Conversion Functions
| `mpfr_get_str_ndigits`: |  | Conversion Functions
| `mpfr_get_ui`: |  | Conversion Functions
| `mpfr_get_uj`: |  | Conversion Functions
| `mpfr_get_version`: |  | Miscellaneous Functions
| `mpfr_get_z`: |  | Conversion Functions
| `mpfr_get_z_2exp`: |  | Conversion Functions
| `mpfr_grandom`: |  | Miscellaneous Functions
| `mpfr_greaterequal_p`: |  | Comparison Functions
| `mpfr_greater_p`: |  | Comparison Functions
| `mpfr_hypot`: |  | Arithmetic Functions
| `mpfr_inexflag_p`: |  | Exception Related Functions
| `mpfr_inf_p`: |  | Comparison Functions
| `mpfr_init`: |  | Initialization Functions
| `mpfr_init2`: |  | Initialization Functions
| `mpfr_inits`: |  | Initialization Functions
| `mpfr_inits2`: |  | Initialization Functions
| `mpfr_init_set`: |  | Combined Initialization and Assignment Functions
| `mpfr_init_set_d`: |  | Combined Initialization and Assignment Functions
| `mpfr_init_set_f`: |  | Combined Initialization and Assignment Functions
| `mpfr_init_set_ld`: |  | Combined Initialization and Assignment Functions
| `mpfr_init_set_q`: |  | Combined Initialization and Assignment Functions
| `mpfr_init_set_si`: |  | Combined Initialization and Assignment Functions
| `mpfr_init_set_str`: |  | Combined Initialization and Assignment Functions
| `mpfr_init_set_ui`: |  | Combined Initialization and Assignment Functions
| `mpfr_init_set_z`: |  | Combined Initialization and Assignment Functions
| `mpfr_inp_str`: |  | Input and Output Functions
| `mpfr_integer_p`: |  | Integer and Remainder Related Functions
| `mpfr_j0`: |  | Transcendental Functions
| `mpfr_j1`: |  | Transcendental Functions
| `mpfr_jn`: |  | Transcendental Functions
| `mpfr_lessequal_p`: |  | Comparison Functions
| `mpfr_lessgreater_p`: |  | Comparison Functions
| `mpfr_less_p`: |  | Comparison Functions
| `mpfr_lgamma`: |  | Transcendental Functions
| `mpfr_li2`: |  | Transcendental Functions
| `mpfr_lngamma`: |  | Transcendental Functions
| `mpfr_log`: |  | Transcendental Functions
| `mpfr_log10`: |  | Transcendental Functions
| `mpfr_log1p`: |  | Transcendental Functions
| `mpfr_log2`: |  | Transcendental Functions
| `mpfr_log_ui`: |  | Transcendental Functions
| `mpfr_max`: |  | Miscellaneous Functions
| `mpfr_min`: |  | Miscellaneous Functions
| `mpfr_min_prec`: |  | Rounding-Related Functions
| `mpfr_modf`: |  | Integer and Remainder Related Functions
| `mpfr_mp_memory_cleanup`: |  | Memory Handling Functions
| `mpfr_mul`: |  | Arithmetic Functions
| `mpfr_mul_2exp`: |  | Compatibility with MPF
| `mpfr_mul_2si`: |  | Arithmetic Functions
| `mpfr_mul_2ui`: |  | Arithmetic Functions
| `mpfr_mul_d`: |  | Arithmetic Functions
| `mpfr_mul_q`: |  | Arithmetic Functions
| `mpfr_mul_si`: |  | Arithmetic Functions
| `mpfr_mul_ui`: |  | Arithmetic Functions
| `mpfr_mul_z`: |  | Arithmetic Functions
| `mpfr_nanflag_p`: |  | Exception Related Functions
| `mpfr_nan_p`: |  | Comparison Functions
| `mpfr_neg`: |  | Arithmetic Functions
| `mpfr_nextabove`: |  | Miscellaneous Functions
| `mpfr_nextbelow`: |  | Miscellaneous Functions
| `mpfr_nexttoward`: |  | Miscellaneous Functions
| `mpfr_nrandom`: |  | Miscellaneous Functions
| `mpfr_number_p`: |  | Comparison Functions
| `mpfr_out_str`: |  | Input and Output Functions
| `mpfr_overflow_p`: |  | Exception Related Functions
| `mpfr_pow`: |  | Transcendental Functions
| `mpfr_pow_si`: |  | Transcendental Functions
| `mpfr_pow_ui`: |  | Transcendental Functions
| `mpfr_pow_z`: |  | Transcendental Functions
| `mpfr_prec_round`: |  | Rounding-Related Functions
| `mpfr_prec_t`: |  | Nomenclature and Types
| `mpfr_printf`: |  | Formatted Output Functions
| `mpfr_print_rnd_mode`: |  | Rounding-Related Functions
| `mpfr_ptr`: |  | Nomenclature and Types
| `mpfr_rec_sqrt`: |  | Arithmetic Functions
| `mpfr_regular_p`: |  | Comparison Functions
| `mpfr_reldiff`: |  | Compatibility with MPF
| `mpfr_remainder`: |  | Integer and Remainder Related Functions
| `mpfr_remquo`: |  | Integer and Remainder Related Functions
| `mpfr_rint`: |  | Integer and Remainder Related Functions
| `mpfr_rint_ceil`: |  | Integer and Remainder Related Functions
| `mpfr_rint_floor`: |  | Integer and Remainder Related Functions
| `mpfr_rint_round`: |  | Integer and Remainder Related Functions
| `mpfr_rint_roundeven`: |  | Integer and Remainder Related Functions
| `mpfr_rint_trunc`: |  | Integer and Remainder Related Functions
| `mpfr_rnd_t`: |  | Nomenclature and Types
| `mpfr_root`: |  | Arithmetic Functions
| `mpfr_rootn_ui`: |  | Arithmetic Functions
| `mpfr_round`: |  | Integer and Remainder Related Functions
| `mpfr_roundeven`: |  | Integer and Remainder Related Functions
| `mpfr_round_nearest_away`: |  | Rounding-Related Functions
| `mpfr_sec`: |  | Transcendental Functions
| `mpfr_sech`: |  | Transcendental Functions
| `mpfr_set`: |  | Assignment Functions
| `mpfr_setsign`: |  | Miscellaneous Functions
| `mpfr_set_d`: |  | Assignment Functions
| `mpfr_set_decimal128`: |  | Assignment Functions
| `mpfr_set_decimal64`: |  | Assignment Functions
| `mpfr_set_default_prec`: |  | Initialization Functions
| `mpfr_set_default_rounding_mode`: |  | Rounding-Related Functions
| `mpfr_set_divby0`: |  | Exception Related Functions
| `mpfr_set_emax`: |  | Exception Related Functions
| `mpfr_set_emin`: |  | Exception Related Functions
| `mpfr_set_erangeflag`: |  | Exception Related Functions
| `mpfr_set_exp`: |  | Miscellaneous Functions
| `mpfr_set_f`: |  | Assignment Functions
| `mpfr_set_float128`: |  | Assignment Functions
| `mpfr_set_flt`: |  | Assignment Functions
| `mpfr_set_inexflag`: |  | Exception Related Functions
| `mpfr_set_inf`: |  | Assignment Functions
| `mpfr_set_ld`: |  | Assignment Functions
| `mpfr_set_nan`: |  | Assignment Functions
| `mpfr_set_nanflag`: |  | Exception Related Functions
| `mpfr_set_overflow`: |  | Exception Related Functions
| `mpfr_set_prec`: |  | Initialization Functions
| `mpfr_set_prec_raw`: |  | Compatibility with MPF
| `mpfr_set_q`: |  | Assignment Functions
| `mpfr_set_si`: |  | Assignment Functions
| `mpfr_set_si_2exp`: |  | Assignment Functions
| `mpfr_set_sj`: |  | Assignment Functions
| `mpfr_set_sj_2exp`: |  | Assignment Functions
| `mpfr_set_str`: |  | Assignment Functions
| `mpfr_set_ui`: |  | Assignment Functions
| `mpfr_set_ui_2exp`: |  | Assignment Functions
| `mpfr_set_uj`: |  | Assignment Functions
| `mpfr_set_uj_2exp`: |  | Assignment Functions
| `mpfr_set_underflow`: |  | Exception Related Functions
| `mpfr_set_z`: |  | Assignment Functions
| `mpfr_set_zero`: |  | Assignment Functions
| `mpfr_set_z_2exp`: |  | Assignment Functions
| `mpfr_sgn`: |  | Comparison Functions
| `mpfr_signbit`: |  | Miscellaneous Functions
| `mpfr_sin`: |  | Transcendental Functions
| `mpfr_sinh`: |  | Transcendental Functions
| `mpfr_sinh_cosh`: |  | Transcendental Functions
| `mpfr_sin_cos`: |  | Transcendental Functions
| `mpfr_si_div`: |  | Arithmetic Functions
| `mpfr_si_sub`: |  | Arithmetic Functions
| `mpfr_snprintf`: |  | Formatted Output Functions
| `mpfr_sprintf`: |  | Formatted Output Functions
| `mpfr_sqr`: |  | Arithmetic Functions
| `mpfr_sqrt`: |  | Arithmetic Functions
| `mpfr_sqrt_ui`: |  | Arithmetic Functions
| `mpfr_strtofr`: |  | Assignment Functions
| `mpfr_sub`: |  | Arithmetic Functions
| `mpfr_subnormalize`: |  | Exception Related Functions
| `mpfr_sub_d`: |  | Arithmetic Functions
| `mpfr_sub_q`: |  | Arithmetic Functions
| `mpfr_sub_si`: |  | Arithmetic Functions
| `mpfr_sub_ui`: |  | Arithmetic Functions
| `mpfr_sub_z`: |  | Arithmetic Functions
| `mpfr_sum`: |  | Arithmetic Functions
| `mpfr_swap`: |  | Assignment Functions
| `mpfr_t`: |  | Nomenclature and Types
| `mpfr_tan`: |  | Transcendental Functions
| `mpfr_tanh`: |  | Transcendental Functions
| `mpfr_total_order_p`: |  | Comparison Functions
| `mpfr_trunc`: |  | Integer and Remainder Related Functions
| `mpfr_ui_div`: |  | Arithmetic Functions
| `mpfr_ui_pow`: |  | Transcendental Functions
| `mpfr_ui_pow_ui`: |  | Transcendental Functions
| `mpfr_ui_sub`: |  | Arithmetic Functions
| `mpfr_underflow_p`: |  | Exception Related Functions
| `mpfr_unordered_p`: |  | Comparison Functions
| `mpfr_urandom`: |  | Miscellaneous Functions
| `mpfr_urandomb`: |  | Miscellaneous Functions
| `mpfr_vasprintf`: |  | Formatted Output Functions
| `MPFR_VERSION`: |  | Miscellaneous Functions
| `MPFR_VERSION_MAJOR`: |  | Miscellaneous Functions
| `MPFR_VERSION_MINOR`: |  | Miscellaneous Functions
| `MPFR_VERSION_NUM`: |  | Miscellaneous Functions
| `MPFR_VERSION_PATCHLEVEL`: |  | Miscellaneous Functions
| `MPFR_VERSION_STRING`: |  | Miscellaneous Functions
| `mpfr_vfprintf`: |  | Formatted Output Functions
| `mpfr_vprintf`: |  | Formatted Output Functions
| `mpfr_vsnprintf`: |  | Formatted Output Functions
| `mpfr_vsprintf`: |  | Formatted Output Functions
| `mpfr_y0`: |  | Transcendental Functions
| `mpfr_y1`: |  | Transcendental Functions
| `mpfr_yn`: |  | Transcendental Functions
| `mpfr_zero_p`: |  | Comparison Functions
| `mpfr_zeta`: |  | Transcendental Functions
| `mpfr_zeta_ui`: |  | Transcendental Functions
| `mpfr_z_sub`: |  | Arithmetic Functions

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