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Technical Reference: Base Operating System and Extensions, Volume 2

scalbln, scalblnf, scalblnl, scalbn, scalbnf, scalbnl, or scalb Subroutine

Purpose

Computes the exponent using FLT_RADIX=2.

Syntax

#include <math.h>

double scalbln (x, n)
double x;
long n;

float scalblnf (x, n)
float x;
long n;

long double scalblnl (x, n)
long double x;
long n;

double scalbn (x, n)
double x;
int n;

float scalbnf (x, n)
float x;
int n;

long double scalbnl (x, n)
long double x;
int n;

double scalb(x, y)
double x, y;

Description

The scalbln, scalblnf, scalblnl, scalbn, scalbnf, and scalbnl subroutines compute x * FLT_RADIXn efficiently, not normally by computing FLT_RADIXn explicitly. For AIX, FLT_RADIX n=2.

The scalb subroutine returns the value of the x parameter times 2 to the power of the y parameter.

An application wishing to check for error situations should set the errno global variable to zero and call feclearexcept(FE_ALL_EXCEPT) before calling these subroutines. Upon return, if errno is nonzero or fetestexcept(FE_INVALID | FE_DIVBYZERO | FE_OVERFLOW | FE_UNDERFLOW) is nonzero, an error has occurred.

Parameters

x Specifies the value to be computed.
n Specifies the value to be computed.

Return Values

Upon successful completion, the scalbln, scalblnf, scalblnl, scalbn, scalbnf, and scalbnl subroutines return x * FLT_RADIXn .

If the result would cause overflow, a range error occurs and the scalbln, scalblnf, scalblnl, scalbn, scalbnf, and scalbnl subroutines 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 0.0 is returned.

If x is NaN, a NaN is returned.

If x is ±0 or ±Inf, x is returned.

If n is 0, x is returned.

If the correct value would cause underflow, and is representable, a range error may occur and the correct value is returned.

Error Codes

If the correct value would overflow, the scalb subroutine returns +/-INF (depending on a negative or positive value of the x parameter) and sets errno to ERANGE.

If the correct value would underflow, the scalb subroutine returns a value of 0 and sets errno to ERANGE.

Related Information

remainder, remainderf, or remainderl Subroutine

feclearexcept Subroutine, fetestexcept Subroutine in AIX 5L Version 5.2 Technical Reference: Base Operating System and Extensions Volume 1.

math.h in AIX 5L Version 5.2 Files Reference.

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