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12 .TH logb 3M "12 Jul 2006" "SunOS 5.11" "Mathematical Library Functions"
14 logb, logbf, logbl \- radix-independent exponent
18 c99 [ \fIflag\fR... ] \fIfile\fR... \fB-lm\fR [ \fIlibrary\fR... ]
21 \fBdouble\fR \fBlogb\fR(\fBdouble\fR \fIx\fR);
26 \fBfloat\fR \fBlogbf\fR(\fBfloat\fR \fIx\fR);
31 \fBlong double\fR \fBlogbl\fR(\fBlong double\fR \fIx\fR);
36 cc [ \fIflag\fR... ] \fIfile\fR... \fB-lm\fR [ \fIlibrary\fR... ]
39 \fBdouble\fR \fBlogb\fR(\fBdouble\fR \fIx\fR);
44 \fBfloat\fR \fBlogbf\fR(\fBfloat\fR \fIx\fR);
49 \fBlong double\fR \fBlogbl\fR(\fBlong double\fR \fIx\fR);
55 These functions compute the exponent of \fIx\fR, which is the integral part of
56 log(\fIr\fR) |\fIx\fR|, as a signed floating point value, for non-zero \fIx\fR,
57 where \fIr\fR is the radix of the machine's floating-point arithmetic, which is
58 the value of \fBFLT_RADIX\fR defined in the <\fBfloat.h\fR> header.
62 Upon successful completion, these functions return the exponent of \fIx\fR.
65 If \fIx\fR is subnormal:
70 For SUSv3-conforming applications compiled with the \fBc99\fR compiler driver
71 (see \fBstandards\fR(5)), the exponent of \fIx\fR as if \fIx\fR were normalized
78 Otherwise, if compiled with the \fBcc\fR compiler driver, \(mi1022, \(mi126,
79 and \(mi16382 are returned for \fBlogb()\fR, \fBlogbf()\fR, and \fBlogbl()\fR,
84 If \fIx\fR is \(+-0, a pole error occurs and \fBlogb()\fR, \fBlogbf()\fR, and
85 \fBlogbl()\fR return \(mi\fBHUGE_VAL\fR, \(mi\fBHUGE_VALF\fR, and
86 \(mi\fBHUGE_VALL\fR, respectively.
89 If \fIx\fR is NaN, a NaN is returned.
92 If \fIx\fR is \(+-Inf, +Inf is returned.
96 These functions will fail if:
105 The value of \fIx\fR is \(+-0.
107 If the integer expression (\fBmath_errhandling\fR & \fBMATH_ERREXCEPT\fR) is
108 non-zero, the divide-by-zero floating-point exception is raised.
110 The \fBlogb()\fR function sets \fBerrno\fR to \fBEDOM\fR if the value of
117 An application wanting to check for exceptions should call
118 \fBfeclearexcept\fR(\fBFE_ALL_EXCEPT\fR) before calling these functions. On
119 return, if \fBfetestexcept\fR(\fBFE_INVALID\fR | \fBFE_DIVBYZERO\fR |
120 \fBFE_OVERFLOW\fR | \fBFE_UNDERFLOW\fR) is non-zero, an exception has been
121 raised. An application should either examine the return value or check the
122 floating point exception flags to detect exceptions.
125 An application can also set \fBerrno\fR to 0 before calling \fBlogb()\fR. On
126 return, if \fBerrno\fR is non-zero, an error has occurred. The \fBlogbf()\fR
127 and \fBlogbl()\fR functions do not set \fBerrno\fR.
131 See \fBattributes\fR(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
140 ATTRIBUTE TYPE
\aATTRIBUTE VALUE
142 Interface Stability
\aStandard
150 \fBfeclearexcept\fR(3M), \fBfetestexcept\fR(3M), \fBilogb\fR(3M),
151 \fBmath.h\fR(3HEAD), \fBmatherr\fR(3M), \fBscalb\fR(3M), \fBattributes\fR(5),