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1 <!-- 2 3 @license Apache-2.0 4 5 Copyright (c) 2018 The Stdlib Authors. 6 7 Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 8 you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 9 You may obtain a copy of the License at 10 11 http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 12 13 Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 14 distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 15 WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 16 See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 17 limitations under the License. 18 19 --> 20 21 # modf 22 23 > Decompose a [double-precision floating-point number][ieee754] into integral and fractional parts. 24 25 <section class="usage"> 26 27 ## Usage 28 29 ```javascript 30 var modf = require( '@stdlib/math/base/special/modf' ); 31 ``` 32 33 #### modf( \[out,] x ) 34 35 Decomposes a [double-precision floating-point number][ieee754] into integral and fractional parts, each having the same type and sign as `x`. 36 37 ```javascript 38 var parts = modf( 3.14 ); 39 // returns [ 3.0, 0.14000000000000012 ] 40 41 parts = modf( +0.0 ); 42 // returns [ +0.0, +0.0 ] 43 44 parts = modf( -0.0 ); 45 // returns [ -0.0, -0.0 ] 46 47 parts = modf( Infinity ); 48 // returns [ Infinity, +0.0 ] 49 50 parts = modf( -Infinity ); 51 // returns [ -Infinity, -0.0 ] 52 53 parts = modf( NaN ); 54 // returns [ NaN, NaN ] 55 ``` 56 57 To avoid unnecessary memory allocation, the function supports providing an output (destination) object. 58 59 ```javascript 60 var Float64Array = require( '@stdlib/array/float64' ); 61 62 var out = new Float64Array( 2 ); 63 64 var parts = modf( out, 3.14 ); 65 // returns <Float64Array>[ 3.0, 0.14000000000000012 ] 66 67 var bool = ( parts === out ); 68 // returns true 69 ``` 70 71 </section> 72 73 <!-- /.usage --> 74 75 <section class="notes"> 76 77 </section> 78 79 <!-- /.notes --> 80 81 <section class="examples"> 82 83 ## Examples 84 85 <!-- eslint no-undef: "error" --> 86 87 ```javascript 88 var randu = require( '@stdlib/random/base/randu' ); 89 var modf = require( '@stdlib/math/base/special/modf' ); 90 91 var parts; 92 var x; 93 var i; 94 95 for ( i = 0; i < 100; i++ ) { 96 x = (randu()*1000.0) - 500.0; 97 parts = modf( x ); 98 console.log( 'modf(%d) => integral: %d. fraction: %d.', x, parts[ 0 ], parts[ 1 ] ); 99 } 100 ``` 101 102 </section> 103 104 <!-- /.examples --> 105 106 <section class="links"> 107 108 [ieee754]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_754-1985 109 110 </section> 111 112 <!-- /.links -->