scalbln(3) Library Functions Manual scalbln(3) NAME scalbn, scalbnf, scalbnl, scalbln, scalblnf, scalblnl - multiply float- ing-point number by integral power of radix LIBRARY Math library (libm, -lm) SYNOPSIS #include <math.h> double scalbln(double x, long exp); float scalblnf(float x, long exp); long double scalblnl(long double x, long exp); double scalbn(double x, int exp); float scalbnf(float x, int exp); long double scalbnl(long double x, int exp); 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 <= 2.19: */ _BSD_SOURCE || _SVID_SOURCE DESCRIPTION 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 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 (nega- tive 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 re- turn zero, with a sign the same as x. ERRORS 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 errno is set to ERANGE. An underflow floating-point exception (FE_UNDERFLOW) is raised. VERSIONS These functions were added in glibc 2.1. ATTRIBUTES For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see at- tributes(7). ┌────────────────────────────────────────────┬───────────────┬─────────┐ │Interface │ Attribute │ Value │ ├────────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────┼─────────┤ │scalbn(), scalbnf(), scalbnl(), scalbln(), │ Thread safety │ MT-Safe │ │scalblnf(), scalblnl() │ │ │ └────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────────┴─────────┘ STANDARDS C99, POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008. NOTES 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). BUGS Before glibc 2.20, these functions did not set errno for range errors. SEE ALSO ldexp(3), scalb(3) Linux man-pages 6.03 2023-02-05 scalbln(3)
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