ieee - set floating point exception mode

Calling Sequence

mod=ieee()

ieee(mod)

Parameters

• mod : integer scalar whose possible values are 0,1,or 2

Description

ieee() returns the current floating point exception mode.

0 : floating point exception produce an error

1 : floating point exception produce a warning

2 : floating point exception procudes Inf or Nan

ieee(mod) sets the current floating point exception mode.

The initial mode value is 0.

REMARKS

Floating point exception arising inside some library algorithms are not yet handled by ieee modes.

Examples

ieee(1);1/0
ieee(2);1/0,log(0)
 

See Also

errcatch