NAME | SYNOPSIS | DESCRIPTION | RETURN VALUE | ERRORS | VERSIONS | ATTRIBUTES | CONFORMING TO | NOTES | SEE ALSO | COLOPHON

SCALBLN(3)                Linux Programmer's Manual               SCALBLN(3)

NAME         top

       scalbn,  scalbnf,  scalbnl,  scalbln,  scalblnf,  scalblnl - multiply
       floating-point number by integral power of radix

SYNOPSIS         top

       #include <math.h>
       double scalbln(double x, long int exp);
       float scalblnf(float x, long int exp);
       long double scalblnl(long double x, long int exp);
       double scalbn(double x, int exp);
       float scalbnf(float x, int exp);
       long double scalbnl(long double x, int exp);
       Link with -lm.
   Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see feature_test_macros(7)):
       scalbln(), scalblnf(), scalblnl():
              _ISOC99_SOURCE || _POSIX_C_SOURCE >= 200112L
                  || /* Since glibc 2.19: */ _DEFAULT_SOURCE
       scalbn(), scalbnf(), scalbnl():
              _ISOC99_SOURCE || _POSIX_C_SOURCE >= 200112L
                  || /* Since glibc 2.19: */ _DEFAULT_SOURCE
                  || /* Glibc versions <= 2.19: */ _BSD_SOURCE ||
              _SVID_SOURCE

DESCRIPTION         top

       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         top

       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         top

       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         top

       These functions first appeared in glibc in version 2.1.

ATTRIBUTES         top

       For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
       attributes(7).
       ┌──────────────────────────────────┬───────────────┬─────────┐
       │Interface                         Attribute     Value   │
       ├──────────────────────────────────┼───────────────┼─────────┤
       │scalbn(), scalbnf(), scalbnl(),   │ Thread safety │ MT-Safe │
       │scalbln(), scalblnf(), scalblnl() │               │         │
       └──────────────────────────────────┴───────────────┴─────────┘

CONFORMING TO         top

       C99, POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008.

NOTES         top

       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).

SEE ALSO         top

       ldexp(3), scalb(3)

COLOPHON         top

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                                 2016-03-15                       SCALBLN(3)

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