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SCALBN(3) BSD Library Functions Manual SCALBN(3) NAME scalbln, scalblnf, scalbn, scalbnf -- adjust exponent LIBRARY Math Library (libm, -lm) SYNOPSIS #include <math.h> double scalbln(double x, long n); float scalblnf(float x, long n); double scalbn(double x, int n); float scalbnf(float x, int n); DESCRIPTION scalbln(), scalblnf(), scalbn(), and scalbnf() return x*(2**n) computed by exponent manipulation. SEE ALSO ieee(3), math(3) STANDARDS These routines conform to ISO/IEC 9899:1999 ("ISO C99"), and they imple- ment the Scalb function recommended by IEEE Std 754-1985. HISTORY The scalbn() and scalbnf() functions appeared in 4.3BSD and FreeBSD 2.0, respectively. The scalbln() and scalblnf() functions first appeared in FreeBSD 5.3. BSD January 26, 2005 BSD
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