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4b8c67d9 34.TH LDEXP 3 2017-09-15 "" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
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35.SH NAME
36ldexp, ldexpf, ldexpl \- multiply floating-point number by integral power of 2
37.SH SYNOPSIS
38.nf
39.B #include <math.h>
68e4db0a 40.PP
fea681da 41.BI "double ldexp(double " x ", int " exp );
fea681da 42.BI "float ldexpf(float " x ", int " exp );
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43.BI "long double ldexpl(long double " x ", int " exp );
44.fi
68e4db0a 45.PP
20c58d70 46Link with \fI\-lm\fP.
68e4db0a 47.PP
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48.in -4n
49Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see
50.BR feature_test_macros (7)):
51.in
68e4db0a 52.PP
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53.ad l
54.BR ldexpf (),
55.BR ldexpl ():
b90c43a8 56.RS 4
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57_ISOC99_SOURCE || _POSIX_C_SOURCE\ >=\ 200112L
58 || /* Since glibc 2.19: */ _DEFAULT_SOURCE
59 || /* Glibc versions <= 2.19: */ _BSD_SOURCE || _SVID_SOURCE
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60.RE
61.ad
fea681da 62.SH DESCRIPTION
5600f73a 63These functions return the result of multiplying the floating-point number
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64.I x
65by 2 raised to the power
66.IR exp .
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67.SH RETURN VALUE
68On success, these functions return
69.IR "x * (2^exp)" .
847e0d88 70.PP
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71If
72.I exp
73is zero, then
74.I x
75is returned.
847e0d88 76.PP
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77If
78.I x
79is a NaN,
80a NaN is returned.
847e0d88 81.PP
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82If
83.I x
84is positive infinity (negative infinity),
85positive infinity (negative infinity) is returned.
847e0d88 86.PP
a57ce78d 87If the result underflows,
371b557b 88a range error occurs,
a57ce78d 89and zero is returned.
847e0d88 90.PP
a57ce78d 91If the result overflows,
efe294cb 92a range error occurs,
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93and the functions return
94.BR HUGE_VAL ,
95.BR HUGE_VALF ,
96or
97.BR HUGE_VALL ,
98respectively, with a sign the same as
99.IR x .
100.SH ERRORS
101See
102.BR math_error (7)
103for information on how to determine whether an error has occurred
104when calling these functions.
105.PP
106The following errors can occur:
107.TP
108Range error, overflow
109.I errno
110is set to
111.BR ERANGE .
112An overflow floating-point exception
113.RB ( FE_OVERFLOW )
114is raised.
115.TP
116Range error, underflow
117.I errno
118is set to
119.BR ERANGE .
120An underflow floating-point exception
121.RB ( FE_UNDERFLOW )
122is raised.
742e3682 123.SH ATTRIBUTES
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124For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
125.BR attributes (7).
126.TS
127allbox;
128lbw27 lb lb
129l l l.
130Interface Attribute Value
131T{
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132.BR ldexp (),
133.BR ldexpf (),
742e3682 134.BR ldexpl ()
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135T} Thread safety MT-Safe
136.TE
47297adb 137.SH CONFORMING TO
9a74e018 138C99, POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008.
847e0d88 139.PP
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140The variant returning
141.I double
142also conforms to
68e1685c 143SVr4, 4.3BSD, C89.
47297adb 144.SH SEE ALSO
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145.BR frexp (3),
146.BR modf (3),
a57ce78d 147.BR scalbln (3)