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ldexp(3) Library Functions Manual ldexp(3)
ldexp, ldexpf, ldexpl - multiply floating-point number by integral power of 2
Math library (libm, -lm)
#include <math.h> double ldexp(double x, int exp); float ldexpf(float x, int exp); long double ldexpl(long double x, int exp); Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see feature_test_macros(7)): ldexpf(), ldexpl(): _ISOC99_SOURCE || _POSIX_C_SOURCE >= 200112L || /* Since glibc 2.19: */ _DEFAULT_SOURCE || /* glibc <= 2.19: */ _BSD_SOURCE || _SVID_SOURCE
These functions return the result of multiplying the floating- point number x by 2 raised to the power exp.
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, a 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.
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.
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7). ┌─────────────────────────────────────┬───────────────┬─────────┐ │ Interface │ Attribute │ Value │ ├─────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────┼─────────┤ │ ldexp(), ldexpf(), ldexpl() │ Thread safety │ MT-Safe │ └─────────────────────────────────────┴───────────────┴─────────┘
C11, POSIX.1-2008.
C99, POSIX.1-2001. The variant returning double also conforms to SVr4, 4.3BSD, C89.
frexp(3), modf(3), scalbln(3)
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Pages that refer to this page: frexp(3), modf(3), scalb(3), scalbln(3)