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08c9b488 31.TH FREXP 3 2008-10-29 "" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
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32.SH NAME
33frexp, frexpf, frexpl \- convert floating-point number to fractional
34and integral components
35.SH SYNOPSIS
36.nf
37.B #include <math.h>
38.sp
39.BI "double frexp(double " x ", int *" exp );
d39541ec 40.br
fea681da 41.BI "float frexpf(float " x ", int *" exp );
d39541ec 42.br
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43.BI "long double frexpl(long double " x ", int *" exp );
44.fi
45.sp
20c58d70 46Link with \fI\-lm\fP.
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47.sp
48.in -4n
49Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see
50.BR feature_test_macros (7)):
51.in
52.sp
53.ad l
54.BR frexpf (),
55.BR frexpl ():
56_BSD_SOURCE || _SVID_SOURCE || _XOPEN_SOURCE\ >=\ 600 || _ISOC99_SOURCE; or
57.I cc\ -std=c99
58.ad b
fea681da 59.SH DESCRIPTION
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60The
61.BR frexp ()
62function is used to split the number \fIx\fP into a
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63normalized fraction and an exponent which is stored in \fIexp\fP.
64.SH "RETURN VALUE"
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65The
66.BR frexp ()
67function returns the normalized fraction.
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68If the argument \fIx\fP is not zero,
69the normalized fraction is \fIx\fP times a power of two,
a2af275c 70and its absolute value is always in the range 1/2 (inclusive) to
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711 (exclusive), that is, [0.5,1).
72
c13182ef 73If \fIx\fP is zero, then the normalized fraction is
fea681da 74zero and zero is stored in \fIexp\fP.
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75
76If
77.I x
78is a NaN,
79a NaN is returned, and the value of
80.I *exp
81is unspecified.
82
83If
84.I x
85is positive infinity (negative infinity),
86positive infinity (negative infinity) is returned, and the value of
87.I *exp
88is unspecified.
89.SH ERRORS
90No errors occur.
fea681da 91.SH "CONFORMING TO"
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92C99, POSIX.1-2001.
93The variant returning
94.I double
95also conforms to
96SVr4, 4.3BSD, C89.
fea681da 97.SH EXAMPLE
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98The program below produces results such as the following:
99.sp
100.nf
101.in +4n
102.RB "$" " ./a.out 2560"
103frexp(2560, &e) = 0.625: 0.625 * 2^12 = 2560
104.RB "$" " ./a.out \-4"
105frexp(\-4, &e) = \-0.5: \-0.5 * 2^3 = -4
106.in
107.fi
108.SS Program source
109.R " "
fea681da 110.nf
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111#include <math.h>
112#include <float.h>
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113#include <stdio.h>
114#include <stdlib.h>
115
116int
117main(int argc, char *argv[])
118{
119 double x, r;
120 int exp;
121
122 x = strtod(argv[1], NULL);
123 r = frexp(x, &exp);
124
39ad75ab 125 printf("frexp(%g, &e) = %g: %g * %d^%d = %g\\n",
7295b7ed 126 x, r, r, FLT_RADIX, exp, x);
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127 exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
128} /* main */
fea681da 129.fi
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130.SH "SEE ALSO"
131.BR ldexp (3),
132.BR modf (3)