#include <math.h>
double erfc(double x);
float erfcf(float x);
long double erfcl(long double x);
These functions shall compute the complementary error function 1.0 - erf(x).
An application wishing to check for error situations should set errno to zero and call feclearexcept(FE_ALL_EXCEPT) before calling these functions. On return, if errno is non-zero or fetestexcept(FE_INVALID | FE_DIVBYZERO | FE_OVERFLOW | FE_UNDERFLOW) is non-zero, an error has occurred.
Upon successful completion, these functions shall return the value of the complementary error function.
If the correct value would cause underflow and is not representable, a range error may occur and either 0.0 (if representable), or an implementation-defined value shall be returned.
If x is NaN, a NaN shall be returned.
If x is ±0, +1 shall be returned.
If x is -Inf, +2 shall be returned.
If x is +Inf, +0 shall be returned.
If the correct value would cause underflow and is representable, a range error may occur and the correct value shall be returned.
These functions may fail if:
If the integer expression (math_errhandling & MATH_ERRNO) is non-zero, then errno shall be set to [ERANGE]. If the integer expression (math_errhandling & MATH_ERREXCEPT) is non-zero, then the underflow floating-point exception shall be raised.
The following sections are informative.
The erfc() function is provided because of the extreme loss of relative accuracy if erf(x) is called for large x and the result subtracted from 1.0.
Note for IEEE Std 754-1985 double, 26.55 < x implies erfc( x) has underflowed.
On error, the expressions (math_errhandling & MATH_ERRNO) and (math_errhandling & MATH_ERREXCEPT) are independent of each other, but at least one of them must be non-zero.
erf() , feclearexcept() , fetestexcept() , isnan() , the Base Definitions volume of IEEE Std 1003.1-2001, Section 4.18, Treatment of Error Conditions for Mathematical Functions, <math.h>