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30.Dd March 4, 2005
31.Dt SCALBN 3
32.Os
33.Sh NAME
34.Nm scalbln ,
35.Nm scalblnf ,
36.Nm scalblnl ,
37.Nm scalbn ,
38.Nm scalbnf ,
39.Nm scalbnl
40.Nd adjust exponent
41.Sh LIBRARY
42.Lb libm
43.Sh SYNOPSIS
44.In math.h
45.Ft double
46.Fn scalbln "double x" "long n"
47.Ft float
48.Fn scalblnf "float x" "long n"
49.Ft long double
50.Fn scalblnl "long double x" "long n"
51.Ft double
52.Fn scalbn "double x" "int n"
53.Ft float
54.Fn scalbnf "float x" "int n"
55.Ft long double
56.Fn scalbnl "long double x" "int n"
57.Sh DESCRIPTION
58These routines return
59.Fa x Ns \(**(2** Ns Fa n )
60computed by exponent manipulation.
61.Sh SEE ALSO
62.Xr ieee 3 ,
63.Xr math 3
64.Sh STANDARDS
65These routines conform to
66.St -isoC-99 ,
67and they implement the Scalb function recommended by
68.St -ieee754 .
69.Sh HISTORY
70The
71.Fn scalbn
72and
73.Fn scalbnf
74functions appeared in
75.Bx 4.3
76and
77.Fx 2.0 ,
78respectively.
79The
80.Fn scalbln
81and
82.Fn scalblnf
83functions first appeared in
84.Fx 5.3 ,
85and
86.Fn scalblnl
87and
88.Fn scalbln
89in
90.Fx 6.0 .
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