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NAG C Libary - Supporting Documentation

Please note: the documentation is presented mainly in Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF). To view and print this a suitable Adobe Acrobat Reader is required. These can be downloaded free of charge from the Adobe Web Site at http://www.adobe.com/.

The NAG C Library Manual - Mark 9

• XHTML+MathML: a version of the manual using XHTML and MathML;
• PDF+HTML: a full PDF manual which can be browsed using HTML index files;
• PDF: the same manual as above, consisting of many PDF files, may be browsed using PDF bookmarks and links rather than HTML index files;
• Single file PDF: the manual as a single PDF file;
• Windows html help: Windows html help version as a single file ;
  (Note: due to windows security restrictions the help file may not be read directly from the internet. Save a copy to your local disk, and then read the local copy. Also depending on the Windows version installed you may need to unblock files copied from the internet before they may be used (right click on the help file and select properties then select the "unblock" button).

Advice on viewing and navigating the first three formats can be found in the Online Documentation help document. You are strongly advised to read this document if you wish to try the XHTML+MathML format.

The two single file formats are more compact than the formats using one file per routine, but of course are a larger download if you only need to view the documentation for a few routines.

The Library is organised into Chapters - each being documented with its own Introduction and Contents list followed by a comprehensive document for each function detailing its purpose, description, list of parameters and possible error exits. Example programs and results are also supplied. All examples are available on-line to facilitate their use as templates for the users' calling programs.

The NAG C Library Manual - Mark 8 and prior

The previous marks of the NAG C Library Manual are still available: Mark 6 , Mark 7 and Mark 8.

Error Bulletin for Mark 8 of the NAG C Library, the error bulletin contains a list of errors or other problems which are known to exist in the NAG C Library, along with suggested workarounds where possible.

Installer's Notes and Users' Notes

Support documentation for the installation and use of each implementation of the NAG C Library is available.