SCALBLN(3P)                                         POSIX Programmer's Manual                                        SCALBLN(3P)



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NAME
       scalbln, scalblnf, scalblnl, scalbn, scalbnf, scalbnl - compute exponent using FLT_RADIX

SYNOPSIS
       #include <math.h>

       double scalbln(double x, long n);
       float scalblnf(float x, long n);
       long double scalblnl(long double x, long n);
       double scalbn(double x, int n);
       float scalbnf(float x, int n);
       long double scalbnl(long double x, int n);


DESCRIPTION
       These functions shall compute x * FLT_RADIX**n efficiently, not normally by computing FLT_RADIX**n explicitly.

       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.

RETURN VALUE
       Upon successful completion, these functions shall return x * FLT_RADIX**n.

       If  the  result would cause overflow, a range error shall occur and these functions shall return +-HUGE_VAL, +-HUGE_VALF,
       and +-HUGE_VALL (according to the sign of x) as appropriate for the return type of the function.

       If the correct value would cause underflow, and is not representable, a range error may occur, and  either 0.0  (if  sup-
       ported), 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 n 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.

ERRORS
       These functions shall fail if:

       Range Error
              The result overflows.

       If the integer expression (math_errhandling & MATH_ERRNO) is non-zero, then errno shall be set to [ERANGE]. If the  inte-
       ger  expression  (math_errhandling  &  MATH_ERREXCEPT)  is  non-zero, then the overflow floating-point exception shall be
       raised.


       These functions may fail if:

       Range Error
              The result underflows.

       If the integer expression (math_errhandling & MATH_ERRNO) is non-zero, then errno shall be set to [ERANGE]. If the  inte-
       ger  expression  (math_errhandling  &  MATH_ERREXCEPT)  is non-zero, then the underflow floating-point exception shall be
       raised.


       The following sections are informative.

EXAMPLES
       None.

APPLICATION USAGE
       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.

RATIONALE
       These functions are named so as to avoid conflicting with the historical definition of the scalb() function from the Sin-
       gle UNIX Specification.  The difference is that the scalb() function has a second argument of double instead of int.  The
       scalb()  function  is  not part of the ISO C standard. The three functions whose second type is long are provided because
       the factor required to scale from the smallest positive floating-point value to the largest finite one, on many implemen-
       tations, is too large to represent in the minimum-width int format.

FUTURE DIRECTIONS
       None.

SEE ALSO
       feclearexcept(), fetestexcept(), scalb(), the Base Definitions volume of IEEE Std 1003.1-2001, Section 4.18, Treatment of
       Error Conditions for Mathematical Functions, <math.h>

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, Copy-
       right (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.open-
       group.org/unix/online.html .



IEEE/The Open Group                                           2003                                                   SCALBLN(3P)