I tried: using namespace std; before everything and it still failed to find isnan. wes On 5/22/05, Brian Budge <brian.budge@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > You need to be using the namespace std. > > On 5/21/05, Wesley Smith <wesley.hoke@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I'm trying to compile a test program to see about the isnan function > > on my system (apple darwin w/ gcc version 3.3 20030304 (Apple > > Computer, Inc. build 1671). Here's the code: > > > > #include <cmath> > > int main() > > { > > float x=sqrt(-1); > > return isnan(x); > > } > > > > Here's the output: > > > > gcc -o main main.cpp > > main.cpp: In function `int main()': > > main.cpp:5: error: `isnan' undeclared (first use this function) > > main.cpp:5: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once for each > > function it appears in.) > > > > This is baffling since cmath is included and it redifines the macros > > which it includes from math.h. I completely stumped here and would > > appreciate any help. > > > > thanks, > > wes > > >