What is nearbyintl in C?

The nearbyintl function is a C library function that rounds the argument’s value to the nearest integer value.

To use the nearbyintl function, we need to include the math.h header file, as shown below:

#include <math.h>

Syntax

The nearbyintl function takes a single argument and returns a single value. It is declared as follows:

Parameters

The nearbyintl function takes a single argument of the long double type.

Return Value

The nearbyintl function returns the nearest integer in the long double type format.

Example

The code below shows the use of the nearbyintl function in C:

#include <stdio.h>
#include <math.h>
int main() {
//Declare x
long double x = 3.6890;
//Call nearbyintl function
long double ans = nearbyintl(x);
//Display the result
printf ("The nearest integer is: %Lf\n", ans);
return 0;
}

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