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ldexp: load exponent of a floating-point number
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ldexp, ldexpf, ldexpl - load exponent of a floating-point number
SYNOPSIS
#include <math.h>
double ldexp(double x, int exp);
float ldexpf(float x, int exp);
long double ldexpl(long double x, int exp);
DESCRIPTION
These functions shall compute the quantity x
An application wishing to check for error situations should set errno
to zero and call
feclearexcept(FE_ALL_EXCEPT) before calling these functions.
On return, if errno is non-zero or
fetestexcept(FE_INVALID | FE_DIVBYZERO | FE_OVERFLOW | FE_UNDERFLOW)
is non-zero, an error has occurred.
Upon successful completion, these functions shall return x multiplied
by 2, raised to the power exp.
If these functions would cause overflow, a range error shall occur
and ldexp(), ldexpf(), and ldexpl()
shall return ±HUGE_VAL, ±HUGE_VALF, and ±HUGE_VALL (according
to the sign of x), respectively.
If the correct value would cause underflow, and is not representable,
a range error may occur, and either 0.0 (if
supported), or an implementation-defined value shall be
returned.
If
x is NaN, a NaN shall be returned.
If x is ±0 or ±Inf, x shall be returned.
If exp is 0, x shall be returned.
If the correct value would cause underflow, and is representable,
a range error may occur and the correct value shall be
returned.
These functions shall fail if:
If the integer expression (math_errhandling & MATH_ERRNO) is non-zero,
then errno shall be set to [ERANGE]. If the
integer expression (math_errhandling & MATH_ERREXCEPT) is non-zero,
then the overflow floating-point exception shall be
raised.
These functions may fail if:
If the integer expression (math_errhandling & MATH_ERRNO) is non-zero,
then errno shall be set to [ERANGE]. If the
integer expression (math_errhandling & MATH_ERREXCEPT) is non-zero,
then the underflow floating-point exception shall be
raised.
The following sections are informative.
On error, the expressions (math_errhandling & MATH_ERRNO) and (math_errhandling
& MATH_ERREXCEPT) are independent of
each other, but at least one of them must be non-zero.
feclearexcept(), fetestexcept(), frexp(), isnan(),
the Base Definitions volume of
IEEE Std 1003.1-2001, Section 4.18, Treatment of Error Conditions
for
Mathematical Functions, <math.h>
RETURN VALUE
ERRORS
EXAMPLES
APPLICATION USAGE
RATIONALE
FUTURE DIRECTIONS
COPYRIGHT
Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form
from IEEE Std 1003.1, 2003 Edition, Standard for Information Technology
-- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base
Specifications Issue 6, Copyright (C) 2001-2003 by the Institute of
Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group. In the
event of any discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE and
The Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard
is the referee document. The original Standard can be obtained online at
http://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html .
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