C99 provides the following functions to clear, test and raise exceptions:

void feclearexcept(int excepts); int fetestexcept(int excepts); void feraiseexcept(int excepts);

The feclearexcept() function clears the sticky flags for the given exceptions. The fetestexcept() function returns the bitwise OR of the sticky flags for the given exceptions, so that if the Overflow flag was set but the Underflow flag was not, then calling fetestexcept(FE_OVERFLOW|FE_UNDERFLOW) would return FE_OVERFLOW.

The feraiseexcept() function raises the given exceptions, in unspecified order. If an exception trap is enabled for an exception raised this way, it is called.

C99 also provides functions to save and restore everything about a given exception. This includes the sticky flag, whether the exception is trapped, and the address of the trap handler, if any. These functions are:

void fegetexceptflag(fexcept_t *flagp, int excepts); void fesetexceptflag(const fexcept_t *flagp, int excepts);

The fegetexceptflag() function copies all the information relating to the given exceptions into the fexcept_t variable provided. The fesetexceptflag() function copies all the information relating to the given exceptions from the fexcept_t variable into the current floating-point environment.