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47.Dd Jul 05, 2019
48.Dt SCALB 3M
49.Os
50.Sh NAME
51.Nm scalb ,
52.Nm scalbf ,
53.Nm scalbl
54.Nd load exponent of a radix-independent floating-point number
55.Sh SYNOPSIS
56.Ic c99 Oo Ar flag Ns ... Oc Ar file Ns ... Fl lm Op Ar library Ns ...
57.Pp
58.In math.h
59.
60.Ft double
61.Fo scalb
62.Fa "double x"
63.Fa "double n"
64.Fc
65.
66.Ft float
67.Fo scalbf
68.Fa "float x"
69.Fa "float n"
70.Fc
71.
72.Ft "long double"
73.Fo scalbl
74.Fa "long double x"
75.Fa "long double n"
76.Fc
77.
78.Sh DESCRIPTION
79These functions compute
80.Fa x No * Va r Ns No ^ Ns Fa n ,
81where
82.Va r
83is the radix of the machine's floating point arithmetic.
84When
85.Va r
86is 2,
87.Fn scalb
88is equivalent to
89.Xr ldexp 3M .
90The value of
91.Va r
92is
93.Dv FLT_RADIX
94which is
95defined in
96.In float.h .
97.Sh RETURN VALUES
98Upon successful completion, the
99.Fn scalb
100function returns
101.Fa x No * Va r Ns No ^ Ns Fa n .
102.Pp
103If
104.Fa x
105or
106.Fa n
107is
108.Sy NaN ,
109a
110.Sy NaN
111is returned.
112.Lp
113If
114.Fa n
115is 0,
116.Fa x
117is returned.
118.Lp
119If
120.Fa x
121is
122.Sy \(+-Inf
123and
124.Fa n
125is not
126.Sy \(miInf ,
127.Fa x
128is returned.
129.Lp
130If
131.Fa x
132is \(+-0 and
133.Fa n
134is not
135.Sy +Inf ,
136.Fa x
137is returned.
138.Lp
139If
140.Fa x
141is \(+-0 and
142.Fa n
143is
144.Sy +Inf ,
145a domain error occurs and a
146.Sy NaN
147is returned.
148.Lp
149If
150.Fa x
151is
152.Sy \(+-Inf
153and
154Fa n
155is
156.Sy \(miInf ,
157a domain error occurs and a
158.Sy NaN
159is returned.
160.Lp
161If the result would cause an overflow, a range error occurs and
162.Dv \(+-HUGE_VAL
163(according to the sign of
164.Fa x )
165is returned.
166.Lp
167For exceptional cases,
168.Xr matherr 3M
169tabulates the values to be returned by
170.Fn scalb
171as specified by SVID3 and XPG3.
172See
173.Xr standards 7 .
174.
175.Sh ERRORS
176.
177These functions will fail if:
178.
179.Bl -tag -width Sy
180.It Sy Domain Error
181If
182.Fa x
183is 0 and
184.Fa n
185is
186.Sy +Inf ,
187or
188.Fa x
189is
190.Sy Inf
191and
192.Fa n
193is
194.Sy \(miInf .
195.Lp
196If the integer expression
197.Po Va math_errhandling No & Dv MATH_ERREXCEPT Pc
198.\" (\fBmath_errhandling\fR & \fBMATH_ERREXCEPT\fR)
199is non-zero, then the invalid floating-point exception is raised.
200.
201.It Sy Range Error
202The result would overflow.
203.Lp
204If the integer expression
205.Po Va math_errhandling No & Dv MATH_ERREXCEPT Pc
206is non-zero, then the overflow floating-point exception is raised.
207.El
208.
209.Sh USAGE
210An application wanting to check for exceptions should call
211.Fn feclearexcept FE_ALL_EXCEPT
212before calling these functions.
213On return, if
214.Fn fetestexcept "FE_INVALID | FE_DIVBYZERO | FE_OVERFLOW | FE_UNDERFLOW"
215is non-zero, an exception has been raised.
216An application should either examine the return value or check the
217floating point exception flags to detect exceptions.
218.
219.Lp
220.
221These functions are
222.Sy Obsolete .
223The
224.Xr scalbln 3M ,
225.Xr scalblnf 3M ,
226or
227.Xr scalblnl 3M
228functions should be used instead.
229.
230.Sh MT-LEVEL
231.
232.Sy MT-Safe .
233.
234.Sh INTERFACE STABILITY
235.
236The
237.Fn scalb
238function is
239.Sy Obsolete Standard .
240The
241.Fn scalbf
242and
243.Fn scalbl
244functions are
245.Sy Obsolete Committed .
246.
247.Sh SEE ALSO
248.
249.Xr math.h 3HEAD ,
250.Xr feclearexcept 3M ,
251.Xr fetestexcept 3M ,
252.Xr ilogb 3M ,
253.Xr ldexp 3M ,
254.Xr logb 3M ,
255.Xr matherr 3M ,
256.Xr scalbln 3M ,
257.Xr attributes 7 ,
258.Xr standards 7
259