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34 .TH LDEXP 3 2021-03-22 "" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
36 ldexp, ldexpf, ldexpl \- multiply floating-point number by integral power of 2
41 .BI "double ldexp(double " x ", int " exp );
42 .BI "float ldexpf(float " x ", int " exp );
43 .BI "long double ldexpl(long double " x ", int " exp );
49 Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see
50 .BR feature_test_macros (7)):
56 _ISOC99_SOURCE || _POSIX_C_SOURCE >= 200112L
57 || /* Since glibc 2.19: */ _DEFAULT_SOURCE
58 || /* Glibc <= 2.19: */ _BSD_SOURCE || _SVID_SOURCE
61 These functions return the result of multiplying the floating-point number
63 by 2 raised to the power
66 On success, these functions return
82 is positive infinity (negative infinity),
83 positive infinity (negative infinity) is returned.
85 If the result underflows,
89 If the result overflows,
91 and the functions return
96 respectively, with a sign the same as
101 for information on how to determine whether an error has occurred
102 when calling these functions.
104 The following errors can occur:
106 Range error, overflow
110 An overflow floating-point exception
114 Range error, underflow
118 An underflow floating-point exception
122 For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
130 Interface Attribute Value
135 T} Thread safety MT-Safe
141 C99, POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008.
143 The variant returning