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.\" Inspired by a page by Walter Harms created 2002-08-10
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.TH LOGB 3 2004-10-31 "" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
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.SH NAME
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logb, logbf, logbl \- get exponent of a floating point value
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.B #include <math.h>
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.sp
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.BI "double logb(double " x );
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.br
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.BI "float logbf(float " x );
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.br
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.BI "long double logbl(long double " x );
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.sp
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Link with \-lm.
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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These functions extract the exponent of
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.I x
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and return it as a floating-point value. If
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.B FLT_RADIX
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is two,
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.BI logb( x )
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is equal to
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.BI floor(log2( x ))\fR,
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except it's probably faster.
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.LP
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If
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.I x
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is de-normalized,
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.BR logb ()
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returns the exponent
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.I x
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would have if it were normalized.
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.LP
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If
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.I x
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is zero, \-HUGE_VAL (resp. \-HUGE_VALF, \-HUGE_VALL)
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is returned, and a pole error occurs.
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If
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.I x
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is infinite, plus infinity is returned.
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If
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.I x
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is NaN, NaN is returned.
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.\" .SH "RETURN VALUE"
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.\" These functions return the exponent part of their argument.
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.SH ERRORS
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In order to check for errors, set
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.I errno
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to zero and call
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.I feclearexcept(FE_ALL_EXCEPT)
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before calling these functions. On return, if
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.I errno
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is non-zero or
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.I fetestexcept(FE_INVALID | FE_DIVBYZERO | FE_OVERFLOW | FE_UNDERFLOW)
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is non-zero, an error has occurred.
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.LP
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If an error occurs and
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.I "(math_errhandling & MATH_ERRNO)"
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is non-zero, then
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.I errno is set to
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.BR ERANGE .
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If an error occurs and
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.I "(math_errhandling & MATH_ERREXCEPT)"
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is non-zero, then the divide-by-zero floating-point exception is raised.
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.LP
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A pole error occurs when
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.I x
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is zero.
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.SH HISTORY
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The
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.BR logb ()
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function occurs in 4.3BSD.
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.\" see IEEE.3 in the 4.3BSD manual
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.SH "CONFORMING TO"
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C99
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
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.BR log (3),
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.BR ilogb (3)
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