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34 .\" @(#)ldexp.3 8.2 (Berkeley) 4/19/94
36 .Dd September 18, 2011
42 .Nd multiply floating-point number by integral power of 2
48 .Fn ldexp "double x" "int exp"
50 .Fn ldexpf "float x" "int exp"
54 family of functions compute
55 .Bd -ragged -offset indent
61 for a real floating-point number
64 The functions return the value of
66 times 2 raised to the power
68 Otherwise the following may occur:
69 .Bl -enum -offset indent
73 is \*(Na, a \*(Na is returned.
79 is either \*(Pm 0 or \*(Pm\[if],
83 If the call would cause an overflow, a range error occurs and either
84 .Dv \*(Pm\*HHUGE_VAL ,
85 .Dv \*(Pm\*HHUGE_VALF ,
88 is returned, depending on the sign of
90 and the type of the return value.
92 If an underflow would be caused by the correct value,
93 and the value is not representable, either 0.0 or
94 an implementation-defined value is returned.
101 The described functions conform to