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35.Dd January 26, 2005
36.Dt SCALBN 3
37.Os
38.Sh NAME
39.Nm scalbln ,
40.Nm scalblnf ,
41.Nm scalbn ,
42.Nm scalbnf
43.Nd adjust exponent
44.Sh LIBRARY
45.Lb libm
46.Sh SYNOPSIS
47.In math.h
48.Ft double
49.Fn scalbln "double x" "long n"
50.Ft float
51.Fn scalblnf "float x" "long n"
52.Ft double
53.Fn scalbn "double x" "int n"
54.Ft float
55.Fn scalbnf "float x" "int n"
56.Sh DESCRIPTION
57.Fn scalbln ,
58.Fn scalblnf ,
59.Fn scalbn ,
60and
61.Fn scalbnf
62return
63.Fa x Ns \(**(2** Ns Fa n )
64computed by exponent manipulation.
65.Sh SEE ALSO
66.Xr ieee 3 ,
67.Xr math 3
68.Sh STANDARDS
69These routines conform to
70.St -isoC-99 ,
71and they implement the Scalb function recommended by
72.St -ieee754 .
73.Sh HISTORY
74The
75.Fn scalbn
76and
77.Fn scalbnf
78functions appeared in
79.Bx 4.3
80and
81.Fx 2.0 ,
82respectively.
83The
84.Fn scalbln
85and
86.Fn scalblnf
87functions first appeared in
88.Fx 5.3 .
89