Load the exponent of a radix-independent floating point number
#include <math.h> double scalb( double x, double n );
libm
Use the -l m option to qcc to link against this library.
These functions compute x × rn, where r is the radix of the machine's floating point arithmetic and n is a finite number. When r is 2, scalb() is equivalent to ldexp().
We recommend that you use scalbn() because it computes by manipulating exponents, instead of using mock multiplications or additions. |
x × rn
If an error occurs, these functions return 0, but this is also a valid mathematical result. If you want to check for errors, set errno to 0, call the function, and then check errno again. These functions don't change errno if no errors occurred. |
#include <stdio.h> #include <errno.h> #include <inttypes.h> #include <math.h> #include <fpstatus.h> int main(int argc, char** argv) { double a, b, c, d; a = 10; b = 2; c = scalb(a, b); d = sqrt(c/a); printf("Radix of machines fp arithmetic is %f \n", d); printf("So %f = %f * (%f ^ %f) \n", c, a, d, b); return(0); }
produces the output:
Radix of machines fp arithmetic is 2.000000 So 40.000000 = 10.000000 * (2.000000 ^ 2.000000)
Safety: | |
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Cancellation point | No |
Interrupt handler | No |
Signal handler | No |
Thread | Yes |