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31.Dd December 16, 2007
32.Dt ILOGB 3
33.Os
34.Sh NAME
35.Nm ilogb ,
36.Nm ilogbf ,
37.Nm ilogbl ,
38.Nm logb ,
39.Nm logbf ,
40.Nm logbl
41.Nd extract exponent
42.Sh LIBRARY
43.Lb libm
44.Sh SYNOPSIS
45.In math.h
46.Ft int
47.Fn ilogb "double x"
48.Ft int
49.Fn ilogbf "float x"
50.Ft int
51.Fn ilogbl "long double x"
52.Ft double
53.Fn logb "double x"
54.Ft float
55.Fn logbf "float x"
56.Ft long double
57.Fn logbl "long double x"
58.Sh DESCRIPTION
59.Fn ilogb ,
60.Fn ilogbf
61and
62.Fn ilogbl
63return
64.Fa x Ns 's exponent
65in integer format.
66.Fn ilogb \*(Pm\*(If
67returns
68.Dv INT_MAX ,
69.Fn ilogb \*(Pm\*(Na
70returns
71.Dv FP_ILOGBNAN ,
72and
73.Fn ilogb 0
74returns
75.Dv FP_ILOGB0 .
76.Pp
77.Fn logb x ,
78.Fn logbf x ,
79and
80.Fn logbl x
81return
82.Fa x Ns 's exponent
83in floating\-point format with the same precision as
84.Fa x .
85.Fn logb \*(Pm\*(If
86returns +\*(If, and
87.Fn logb 0
88returns -\*(If with a division by zero exception.
89.Sh SEE ALSO
90.Xr frexp 3 ,
91.Xr ieee 3 ,
92.Xr math 3 ,
93.Xr scalbn 3
94.Sh STANDARDS
95The
96.Fn ilogb ,
97.Fn ilogbf ,
98.Fn ilogbl ,
99.Fn logb ,
100.Fn logbf ,
101and
102.Fn logbl
103routines conform to
104.St -isoC-99 .
105The latter three
106implement the logb function recommended by
107.St -ieee754 .
108.Sh HISTORY
109.Bl -tag -width "Function " -compact
110.It Em Function
111.Em "First Appeared In"
112.It Fn logb
113.Bx 4.3
114.It Fn ilogb
115.Fx 1.1.5
116.It Fn ilogbf
117.Fx 2.0
118.It Fn logbf
119.Fx 2.0
120.It Fn ilogbl
121.Fx 5.4
122.It Fn logbl
123.Fx 8.0
124.El
125