LDEXP
Section: Linux Programmer's Manual (3)
Updated: 2010-09-20
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NAME
ldexp, ldexpf, ldexpl - multiply floating-point number by integral power of 2
SYNOPSIS
#include <math.h>
double ldexp(double x, int exp);
float ldexpf(float x, int exp);
long double ldexpl(long double x, int exp);
Link with -lm.
Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see
feature_test_macros(7)):
ldexpf(),
ldexpl():
-
_BSD_SOURCE || _SVID_SOURCE || _XOPEN_SOURCE >= 600 || _ISOC99_SOURCE ||
_POSIX_C_SOURCE >= 200112L;
or
cc -std=c99
DESCRIPTION
The
ldexp()
function returns the result of multiplying the floating-point number
x
by 2 raised to the power
exp.
RETURN VALUE
On success, these functions return
x * (2^exp).
If
exp
is zero, then
x
is returned.
If
x
is a NaN,
a NaN is returned.
If
x
is positive infinity (negative infinity),
positive infinity (negative infinity) is returned.
If the result underflows,
an range error occurs,
and zero is returned.
If the result overflows,
a range error occurs,
and the functions return
HUGE_VAL,
HUGE_VALF,
or
HUGE_VALL,
respectively, with a sign the same as
x.
ERRORS
See
math_error(7)
for information on how to determine whether an error has occurred
when calling these functions.
The following errors can occur:
- Range error, overflow
-
errno
is set to
ERANGE.
An overflow floating-point exception
(FE_OVERFLOW)
is raised.
- Range error, underflow
-
errno
is set to
ERANGE.
An underflow floating-point exception
(FE_UNDERFLOW)
is raised.
CONFORMING TO
C99, POSIX.1-2001.
The variant returning
double
also conforms to
SVr4, 4.3BSD, C89.
SEE ALSO
frexp(3),
modf(3),
scalbln(3)
COLOPHON
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Index
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- SYNOPSIS
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- DESCRIPTION
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- RETURN VALUE
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- ERRORS
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- CONFORMING TO
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- SEE ALSO
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- COLOPHON
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