scalbln(),
scalblnf(),
scalblnl():
_XOPEN_SOURCE >= 600 || _ISOC99_SOURCE; or
cc -std=c99 scalbn(),
scalbnf(),
scalbnl():
_BSD_SOURCE || _SVID_SOURCE || _XOPEN_SOURCE >= 600 || _ISOC99_SOURCE; or
cc -std=c99
DESCRIPTION
These functions multiply their first argument
x
by
FLT_RADIX
(probably 2)
to the power of
exp,
that is:
x * FLT_RADIX ** exp
The definition of
FLT_RADIX
can be obtained by including
<float.h>.
RETURN VALUE
On success, these functions return x * FLT_RADIX ** exp.
If
x
is a NaN, a NaN is returned.
If
x
is positive infinity (negative infinity),
positive infinity (negative infinity) is returned.
If
x
is +0 (-0), +0 (-0) 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.
If the result underflows,
a range error occurs,
and the functions return zero, with a sign the same as
x.
ERRORS
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
An overflow floating-point exception
(FE_OVERFLOW)
is raised.
Range error, underflow
An underflow floating-point exception
(FE_UNDERFLOW)
is raised.
These functions do not set
errno.
VERSIONS
These functions first appeared in glibc in version 2.1.
CONFORMING TO
C99, POSIX.1-2001.
NOTES
These functions differ from the obsolete functions described in
scalb(3)
in the type of their second argument.
The functions described on this page have a second argument
of an integral type, while those in
scalb(3)
have a second argument of type
double.
If
FLT_RADIX
equals 2 (which is usual), then
scalbn()
is equivalent to
ldexp(3).
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