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fe0fefbf | 36 | .TH EXP 3 2015-03-02 "" "Linux Programmer's Manual" |
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37 | .SH NAME |
38 | exp, expf, expl \- base-e exponential function | |
39 | .SH SYNOPSIS | |
40 | .nf | |
41 | .B #include <math.h> | |
42 | .sp | |
43 | .BI "double exp(double " x ); | |
d39541ec | 44 | .br |
fea681da | 45 | .BI "float expf(float " x ); |
d39541ec | 46 | .br |
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47 | .BI "long double expl(long double " x ); |
48 | .fi | |
49 | .sp | |
20c58d70 | 50 | Link with \fI\-lm\fP. |
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51 | .sp |
52 | .in -4n | |
53 | Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see | |
54 | .BR feature_test_macros (7)): | |
55 | .in | |
56 | .sp | |
57 | .ad l | |
58 | .BR expf (), | |
59 | .BR expl (): | |
2c3ae4cd | 60 | .RS 4 |
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61 | _BSD_SOURCE || _SVID_SOURCE || _XOPEN_SOURCE\ >=\ 600 || _ISOC99_SOURCE || |
62 | _POSIX_C_SOURCE\ >=\ 200112L; | |
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63 | .br |
64 | or | |
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2c3ae4cd | 66 | .RE |
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fea681da | 68 | .SH DESCRIPTION |
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69 | The |
70 | .BR exp () | |
71 | function returns the value of e (the base of natural | |
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72 | logarithms) raised to the power of |
73 | .IR x . | |
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74 | .SH RETURN VALUE |
75 | On success, these functions return the exponential value of | |
76 | .IR x . | |
77 | ||
78 | If | |
79 | .I x | |
80 | is a NaN, | |
81 | a NaN is returned. | |
82 | ||
83 | If | |
84 | .I x | |
85 | is positive infinity, | |
86 | positive infinity is returned. | |
87 | ||
88 | If | |
89 | .I x | |
90 | is negative infinity, | |
91 | +0 is returned. | |
92 | ||
93 | If the result underflows, | |
efe294cb | 94 | a range error occurs, |
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95 | and zero is returned. |
96 | ||
97 | If the result overflows, | |
efe294cb | 98 | a range error occurs, |
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99 | and the functions return |
100 | .RB + HUGE_VAL , | |
101 | .RB + HUGE_VALF , | |
102 | or | |
103 | .RB + HUGE_VALL , | |
104 | respectively. | |
105 | .SH ERRORS | |
106 | See | |
107 | .BR math_error (7) | |
108 | for information on how to determine whether an error has occurred | |
109 | when calling these functions. | |
110 | ||
111 | The following errors can occur: | |
112 | .TP | |
113 | Range error, overflow | |
114 | .I errno | |
115 | is set to | |
116 | .BR ERANGE . | |
117 | An overflow floating-point exception | |
118 | .RB ( FE_OVERFLOW ) | |
119 | is raised. | |
120 | .TP | |
121 | Range error, underflow | |
122 | .I errno | |
123 | is set to | |
124 | .BR ERANGE . | |
125 | An underflow floating-point exception | |
126 | .RB ( FE_UNDERFLOW ) | |
127 | is raised. | |
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128 | .SH ATTRIBUTES |
129 | For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see | |
130 | .BR attributes (7). | |
131 | .TS | |
132 | allbox; | |
de3fc8b1 | 133 | lbw21 lb lb |
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134 | l l l. |
135 | Interface Attribute Value | |
136 | T{ | |
137 | .BR exp (), | |
138 | .BR expf (), | |
139 | .BR expl () | |
140 | T} Thread safety MT-Safe | |
141 | .TE | |
47297adb | 142 | .SH CONFORMING TO |
9a74e018 | 143 | C99, POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008. |
e05e3635 | 144 | |
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145 | The variant returning |
146 | .I double | |
147 | also conforms to | |
148 | SVr4, 4.3BSD, C89. | |
47297adb | 149 | .SH SEE ALSO |
fea681da | 150 | .BR cbrt (3), |
36268806 | 151 | .BR cexp (3), |
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152 | .BR exp10 (3), |
153 | .BR exp2 (3), | |
154 | .BR sqrt (3) |