frexp

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convert floating-point number to fractional and integral components

Library functionsmanpages-dev 6.9.1-1also documents frexpf, frexpl

#include <math.h> double frexp(double x, int *exp); float frexpf(float x, int *exp); long double frexpl(long double x, int *exp); Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see feature_test_macros(7)): frexpf(), frexpl(): _ISOC99_SOURCE || _POSIX_C_SOURCE >= 200112L || /* Since glibc 2.19: */ _DEFAULT_SOURCE || /* glibc <= 2.19: */ _BSD_SOURCE || _SVID_SOURCE

LIBRARY

Math library (libm, -lm)

DESCRIPTION

These functions are used to split the number x into a normalized fraction and an exponent which is stored in exp.

RETURN VALUE

These functions return the normalized fraction. If the argument x is not zero, the normalized fraction is x times a power of two, and its absolute value is always in the range 1/2 (inclusive) to 1 (exclusive), that is, [0.5,1).

If x is zero, then the normalized fraction is zero and zero is stored in exp.

If x is a NaN, a NaN is returned, and the value of *exp is unspecified.

If x is positive infinity (negative infinity), positive infinity (negative infinity) is returned, and the value of *exp is unspecified.

ERRORS

No errors occur.

ATTRIBUTES

For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7).

Interface	Attribute	Value
frexp (), frexpf (), frexpl ()	Thread safety	MT-Safe

STANDARDS

C11, POSIX.1-2008.

HISTORY

C99, POSIX.1-2001.

The variant returning double also conforms to SVr4, 4.3BSD, C89.

EXAMPLES

The program below produces results such as the following:

$ ./a.out 2560
frexp(2560, &e) = 0.625: 0.625 * 2^12 = 2560
$ ./a.out -4
frexp(-4, &e) = -0.5: -0.5 * 2^3 = -4

Program source

#include <float.h>
#include <math.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
int
main(int argc, char *argv[])
{


    double x, r;


    int exp;


    x = strtod(argv[1], NULL);


    r = frexp(x, &exp);


    printf("frexp(%g, &e) = %g: %g * %d^%d = %g\n", x, r, r, 2, exp, x);


    exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
}