ldexp(3C)
NAME
ldexp − load exponent of a floating point number
SYNOPSIS
#include <math.h>
double ldexp(double x, int exp);
DESCRIPTION
The ldexp() function computes the quantity x∗ 2exp.
RETURN VALUES
Upon successful completion, ldexp() returns a double representing the value x multiplied by 2 raised to the power exp.
If the value of x is NaN, NaN is returned.
If ldexp() would cause overflow, ±HUGE_VAL is returned (according to the sign of x), and errno is set to ERANGE.
If ldexp() would cause underflow to 0.0, 0 is returned and errno may be set to ERANGE.
ERRORS
The ldexp() function will fail if:
ERANGE The value to be returned would have caused overflow.
The ldexp() function may fail if:
ERANGE The value to be returned would have caused underflow.
USAGE
An application wishing to check for error situations should set errno to 0 before calling ldexp(). If errno is non-zero on return, or the return value is NaN, an error has occurred.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
| MT-Level | MT-Safe |
SEE ALSO
frexp(3C), isnan(3M), attributes(5)
SunOS 5.6 — Last change: 29 Dec 1996