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31.Dd March 4, 2005
32.Dt SCALBN 3
33.Os
34.Sh NAME
35.Nm scalbln ,
36.Nm scalblnf ,
37.Nm scalblnl ,
38.Nm scalbn ,
39.Nm scalbnf ,
40.Nm scalbnl
41.Nd adjust exponent
42.Sh LIBRARY
43.Lb libm
44.Sh SYNOPSIS
45.In math.h
46.Ft double
47.Fn scalbln "double x" "long n"
48.Ft float
49.Fn scalblnf "float x" "long n"
50.Ft long double
51.Fn scalblnl "long double x" "long n"
52.Ft double
53.Fn scalbn "double x" "int n"
54.Ft float
55.Fn scalbnf "float x" "int n"
56.Ft long double
57.Fn scalbnl "long double x" "int n"
58.Sh DESCRIPTION
59These routines return
60.Fa x Ns \(**(2** Ns Fa n )
61computed by exponent manipulation.
62.Sh SEE ALSO
63.Xr ieee 3 ,
64.Xr math 3
65.Sh STANDARDS
66These routines conform to
67.St -isoC-99 ,
68and they implement the Scalb function recommended by
69.St -ieee754 .
70.Sh HISTORY
71The
72.Fn scalbn
73and
74.Fn scalbnf
75functions appeared in
76.Bx 4.3
77and
78.Fx 2.0 ,
79respectively.
80The
81.Fn scalbln
82and
83.Fn scalblnf
84functions first appeared in
85.Fx 5.3 ,
86and
87.Fn scalblnl
88and
89.Fn scalbln
90in
91.Fx 6.0 .
92