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4b8c67d9 36.TH EXP 3 2017-09-15 "" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
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37.SH NAME
38exp, expf, expl \- base-e exponential function
39.SH SYNOPSIS
40.nf
41.B #include <math.h>
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fea681da 43.BI "double exp(double " x );
fea681da 44.BI "float expf(float " x );
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45.BI "long double expl(long double " x );
46.fi
68e4db0a 47.PP
20c58d70 48Link with \fI\-lm\fP.
68e4db0a 49.PP
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50.in -4n
51Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see
52.BR feature_test_macros (7)):
53.in
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55.ad l
56.BR expf (),
57.BR expl ():
2c3ae4cd 58.RS 4
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59_ISOC99_SOURCE || _POSIX_C_SOURCE\ >=\ 200112L
60 || /* Since glibc 2.19: */ _DEFAULT_SOURCE
61 || /* Glibc versions <= 2.19: */ _BSD_SOURCE || _SVID_SOURCE
2c3ae4cd 62.RE
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fea681da 64.SH DESCRIPTION
5600f73a 65These functions return the value of e (the base of natural
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66logarithms) raised to the power of
67.IR x .
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68.SH RETURN VALUE
69On success, these functions return the exponential value of
70.IR x .
847e0d88 71.PP
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72If
73.I x
74is a NaN,
75a NaN is returned.
847e0d88 76.PP
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77If
78.I x
79is positive infinity,
80positive infinity is returned.
847e0d88 81.PP
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82If
83.I x
84is negative infinity,
85+0 is returned.
847e0d88 86.PP
3888e219 87If the result underflows,
efe294cb 88a range error occurs,
3888e219 89and zero is returned.
847e0d88 90.PP
3888e219 91If the result overflows,
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93and the functions return
94.RB + HUGE_VAL ,
95.RB + HUGE_VALF ,
96or
97.RB + HUGE_VALL ,
98respectively.
99.SH ERRORS
100See
101.BR math_error (7)
102for information on how to determine whether an error has occurred
103when calling these functions.
847e0d88 104.PP
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105The following errors can occur:
106.TP
107Range error, overflow
108.I errno
109is set to
110.BR ERANGE .
111An overflow floating-point exception
112.RB ( FE_OVERFLOW )
113is raised.
114.TP
115Range error, underflow
116.I errno
117is set to
118.BR ERANGE .
119An underflow floating-point exception
120.RB ( FE_UNDERFLOW )
121is raised.
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122.SH ATTRIBUTES
123For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
124.BR attributes (7).
125.TS
126allbox;
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128l l l.
129Interface Attribute Value
130T{
131.BR exp (),
132.BR expf (),
133.BR expl ()
134T} Thread safety MT-Safe
135.TE
47297adb 136.SH CONFORMING TO
9a74e018 137C99, POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008.
847e0d88 138.PP
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139The variant returning
140.I double
141also conforms to
142SVr4, 4.3BSD, C89.
47297adb 143.SH SEE ALSO
fea681da 144.BR cbrt (3),
36268806 145.BR cexp (3),
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146.BR exp10 (3),
147.BR exp2 (3),
254f636a 148.BR expm1 (3),
fea681da 149.BR sqrt (3)